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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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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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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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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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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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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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 enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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But I understand that relationship I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it's so forced.
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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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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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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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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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Men don't hear women.
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Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who's strictly just an actor or actress.
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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 here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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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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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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