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Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can't really fake it. If you say, 'Hey, I love what you guys are doing - you're funny,' then you're in. It's legit.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.
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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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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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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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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'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 maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. But he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight. Rush Limbaugh, 'I hope the country fails' - I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? ... He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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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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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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Men don't hear women.
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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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