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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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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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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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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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.
Wanda Sykes
L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my drinking.
Wanda Sykes
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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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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Men don't hear women.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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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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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.
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Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy.
Wanda Sykes
Lot Of Strip Clubs in Florida... Good grief... Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to a brass pole.
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I'm always thinking of stuff I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
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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.
Wanda Sykes
The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
Wanda Sykes
But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
Wanda Sykes
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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