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I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're kind of asking for it.
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People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really.' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt.' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.
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Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail.
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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who's strictly just an actor or actress.
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But I understand that relationship I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it's so forced.
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There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.
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I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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