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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
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Television Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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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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I hate when women compare men to dogs. Men are not dogs. Dogs are loyal. I've never found any strange panties in my dog's house.
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You know what, I think maybe it's because men like to fart, and the host wants to be able to sit in his writers' room and just pass gas freely. Me, I'm a lady. I'm dainty. I know to get up and leave the room and go to my office.
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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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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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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at the gate. And last time, it was so bad, they actually made me go through the machine with the luggage.
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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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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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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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As soon as you say 'I do,' you'll discover that marriage is like a car. Both of you might be sitting in the front seat, but only one of you is driving. And most marriages are more like a motorcycle than a car. Somebody has to sit in the back, and you have to yell just to be heard.
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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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