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I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.

Bernie Mac

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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
Office
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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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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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If 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.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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