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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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Wanda Yvette Sykes
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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You know the economy is bad when illegals start complaining that Americans are taking their jobs.
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How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.
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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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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.
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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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I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. 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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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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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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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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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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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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