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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.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Portsmouth
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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 think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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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 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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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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We got to stop doing that, ladies. You know, men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
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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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Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.
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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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