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Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
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Portsmouth
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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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 understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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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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Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.
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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 watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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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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