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I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

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Bernie Mac
Age: 50 †
Born: 1957
Born: October 5
Died: 2008
Died: August 9
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
Street Artist
Television Actor
Television Producer
Chicago
Illinois
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I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson.
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.
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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'
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Stand-up is what I am stand-up is what made me.
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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.
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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life's way of preparing you for success.
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The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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