Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
BERNIE MACSuffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
BERNIE MACAmerica…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
BERNIE MACMy humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
BERNIE MACI get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
BERNIE MACAs I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets – but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.
BERNIE MACIf you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
BERNIE MACMy daughter was a beautiful child.
BERNIE MACI don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
BERNIE MACYou’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
BERNIE MACFear is not one of my attributes.
BERNIE MACThe success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
BERNIE MACI’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
BERNIE MACI don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
BERNIE MACI ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
BERNIE MACYou can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
BERNIE MACI think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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