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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.

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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Today
Refused
Unhappy
Cancer
Took
Comedy
Chance
Inspirational

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Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because how many things could I have? You know black, lesbian - I'm like, I can't be the poster child for everything. At least with the LGBT issues we get a parade and a float and it's a party.
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My neighbor, she invited me to an Elvis party. I told her I couldn't come 'cause I'd be too busy making fun of her from behind my blinds.
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.
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Lot Of Strip Clubs in Florida... Good grief... Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to a brass pole.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.
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I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.
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