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" My white counterparts are always pushing the line, and they are fearless, so why can't I do that, too? "

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" It used to be that the black comic figure had to have this bravado and always showed strength. "

" I'm not going to grouse and complain when there's nothing I can do about it. Once you've broken up with somebody, arguing with them is not going to bring them back. You may want to stop their Twitter account or call them up late at night, but they made the decision to leave. "

" I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy. "

" I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic. "

" I set out to have a diverse staff on the 'Bernie Mac Show.' "

" You never know in TV - sometimes you're on at the wrong time at the wrong place. Sometimes you don't get a chance to catch on. "

" We had a segment called Tampon Tuesdays that I was very proud of; that was hilarious because there are a lot of women's issues out there that a lot of people don't know about because they're not women, and they don't have to go through them. "

" I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess. "

" Richard Pryor was my hero. Richard Pryor was keeping it 100. "

" I get recognized by some people in my community, but not a lot. In fact, they would say, 'What do you do?' And I would say, 'Well, I did 'The Bernie Mac Show.'' And they would say, 'Oh, really? Well, do you know so-and-so?' And I'd say, 'Yeah, I hired them. I was the boss!' They don't believe it. "

" Even though you're in charge, you're not completely in ownership. You know, the audience takes a huge ownership of your show. Look at comments about shows and tell me if I'm wrong. Look at shows like 'The Walking Dead' and the ownership that the audience has of that show. "

" If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them. "

" I didn't get into comedy to talk about violent death all the time. "

" I really enjoyed being able to be one of the people who weighed in on the events. As hard as it is to do that every day, because it is exhausting, it really is fun to do that, especially when you feel like you really did something well, and it really hit. "

" We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy. "

" There are tragedies that happen all the time in America, but there are certain types of tragedies that kind of pull us together and make us pause and give us a chance to reflect about where we are, where we're going, and that sort of thing. "

" The last thing I would ever do is try to become a network programmer. "

" I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is. "

" The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show. "

" Remember, MTV would only show white videos for a long time. Can you imagine that? That was the '80s when that happened. It's hard to even think of that now, you know? "

" I think the term 'fair reporting' is overused when it comes to journalism. I think saying they want to report evenly is more accurate. "

" No matter what his crimes were, Alton Sterling did not deserve to be executed for them. Look, guys, the punishment for resisting arrest shouldn't be death. The punishment for selling bootleg CDs shouldn't be death. The punishment for having a gun in an open-carry state shouldn't be death. The punishment for being a black man shouldn't be death. "

" I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too. "

" I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic. "

" I have a lot of passion for a lot of different things. "

" I guess I hadn't counted on 'The Unblackening' happening to my time slot as well. "

" I'm not a homosexual, but if I can be an ally for that issue, I think it's fantastic. "

" Sometimes I'm successful, and sometimes I'm not, but I don't mind going down trying. "

" All writers have a love-hate relationship with writing. Performing is fun, too, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. But the most fulfilling is producing. "