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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.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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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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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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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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