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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
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Portsmouth
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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 like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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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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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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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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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my drinking.
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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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white criminals commit the biggest crimes.a brother might rob a bank. a white man will rob a pension fund. the brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. the white guy is going to get a congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit.
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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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You know the economy is bad when illegals start complaining that Americans are taking their jobs.
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I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
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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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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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Writers get to stay with the piece. They don't just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and produces it and edits it and all that stuff. We stay with the piece all the way through.
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Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, Listen, you're not pregnant. I said, Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.
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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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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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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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