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My girlfriend Rhonda, who's now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, 'You've got to do the right thing.'

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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
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It took me a long time to get to where I'm at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.
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I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.
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I'm very much disciplined because I'm more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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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 ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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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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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
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I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z you don't go from M to Z.
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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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