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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.

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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
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Watermelon
Relax
Dance
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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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You can't make a woman happy. That's like trying to cure a fatal disease. The goal is to treat the symptoms so you can comfortably live with the illness.
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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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Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.
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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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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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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 don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.
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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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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
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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 was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.
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We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'
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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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But I understand that relationship I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it's so forced.
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