Bernie Mac Quotes
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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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.
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My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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Remember, either you control your money or it will control you.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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I don't mind dating younger men now.
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The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two.
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Every day, every time I sing, I feel blessed, really, to be able to do that. It's like having wings, in a way. It's a bit like flying sometimes, because you go off into another realm. And a whole lot of people come with you. It's amazing.
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I wasn't good at anything very much at school, but I did like drama.
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I think South Korea was one of the best shows I've ever done in my whole life. The people there were crazy. It was literally Beatlemania.
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I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.
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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.
