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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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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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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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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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Whatever I talk about is what I'm interested in at the time. Politics are big with me. But right now being a mom is taking up most of my time... My act is more family-oriented than it is about politics.
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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.
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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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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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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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