Wanda Sykes Quotes - Page 3

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• There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.

  Wanda Sykes

  Thinking, Play, Giving

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.

  Wanda Sykes

  Sassy

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• I'm here today because I hated everything else.

  Wanda Sykes

  Women, Today, Comedy

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• I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.

  Wanda Sykes

  Real, Thinking, Faces

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• white criminals commit the biggest crimes.a brother might rob a bank. a white man will rob a pension fund. the brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. the white guy is going to get a congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit.

  Wanda Sykes

  Brother, Jobs, Nice

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• Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, "Listen, you're not pregnant." I said, "Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.

  Wanda Sykes

  Jobs, Exercise, Doctors

  Wanda Sykes (2004). “Yeah, I Said It”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.

  Wanda Sykes

  Writing, Thinking, Phones

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• It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

  Wanda Sykes

  Government, People, Comedy

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• What drives the creative person is that we see it all.

  Wanda Sykes

  Creative, Comedy, Persons

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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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Couple, Cutting, Trying

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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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Couple, Scary, Secret

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.

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• Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.

  Wanda Sykes

  Get Better, It Gets Better

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• Lot Of Strip Clubs in Florida... Good grief... Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to a brass pole.

  Wanda Sykes

  Grief, Florida, Needs

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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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Dog, Men, Loyal

  "Wanda Sykes, Is 'Sick & Tired'". Interview with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. October 13, 2006.

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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.'

  Wanda Sykes

  Cancer, Kids, Feels

  "Wanda Sykes: I Feel Whole Again" by Julie Jordan, people.com. October 27, 2011.

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• Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because how many things could I have? You know black, lesbian - I'm like, I can't be the poster child for everything. At least with the LGBT issues we get a parade and a float and it's a party.

  Wanda Sykes

  Children, Cancer, Party

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• I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.

  Wanda Sykes

  Guy, Too Much, Comedy

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• I watched a lot of comedy growing up.

  Wanda Sykes

  Growing Up, Growing, Comedy

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• Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail.

  Wanda Sykes

  Kidneys, Failing

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• Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

  Wanda Sykes

  People, Tvs, Comedy

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.

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• I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.

  Wanda Sykes

  Fun, Materials

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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.

  Wanda Sykes

  People, Groups, Enthusiasm

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.

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• Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny.

  Wanda Sykes

  Shows, Stills, Being Funny

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball with a big, toothy grin. It's the Sambo of all other offensive mascots. I have never seen a Native American smile that hard before, not even at a casino opening.

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  Baseball, Native American, Thinking

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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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Roots

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