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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.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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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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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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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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Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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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 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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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.
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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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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.
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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'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball with a big, toothy grin. It's the Sambo of all other offensive mascots. I have never seen a Native American smile that hard before, not even at a casino opening.
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When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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