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I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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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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I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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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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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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Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.
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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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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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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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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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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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You know the economy is bad when illegals start complaining that Americans are taking their jobs.
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I watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.
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We got to stop doing that, ladies. You know, men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
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Men don't hear women.
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There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it's the commitment.
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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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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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