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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.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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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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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 don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.
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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really.' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt.' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.
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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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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 don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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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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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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