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"My sense of humor was a tool for me getting past my mother and father separating, my older brother having cerebral palsy, and the bullies in the schoolyard. I had to make them laugh to keep them off my ass. I brought that to my professional career."
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Source: Tracy Morgan On Being 'The New Black'. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 22, 2009.
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