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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
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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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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Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail.
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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 watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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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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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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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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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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