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I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.
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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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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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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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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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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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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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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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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 really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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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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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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I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.
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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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