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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.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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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 hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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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'm always thinking of stuff I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
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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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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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How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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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 have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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When I am outside at night by myself every person turns into a pedophile. So I tend to walk a little faster than usual and then I sprint.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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All these teenagers tell us how much they want to grow up and then when they do they want to be young again.
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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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What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.
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I'm really funny now.
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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 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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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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