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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
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I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.
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I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. But he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight. Rush Limbaugh, 'I hope the country fails' - I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? ... He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can't really fake it. If you say, 'Hey, I love what you guys are doing - you're funny,' then you're in. It's legit.
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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes.
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L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my drinking.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.
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I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.
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I knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house.
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What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.
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Writers get to stay with the piece. They don't just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and produces it and edits it and all that stuff. We stay with the piece all the way through.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.
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