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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
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.
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To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.
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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.
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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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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.
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My neighbor, she invited me to an Elvis party. I told her I couldn't come 'cause I'd be too busy making fun of her from behind my blinds.
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I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're kind of asking for it.
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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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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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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 a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.
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It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes.
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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