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I'm not a politician, I'm a comedian. I know my limitations.

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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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Comedian
Politician
Limitations

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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 don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.
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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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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
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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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I'm an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you're going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.
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I have so much respect for what's funny.
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As 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.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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Stand-up is what I am stand-up is what made me.
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I 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.
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I've been in training for stardom.
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I love who I am. I love what I've become.
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They say if you don't have your health you ain't got nothing, but the truth is you ain't got nothing if you don't have no one to worry about your health.
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