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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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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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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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Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'
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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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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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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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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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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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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy.
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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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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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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'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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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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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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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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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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