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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.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Hate #Gay #Thinking
“When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?”
-- Wanda Sykes

#New York #Gay #California
“I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Funny Inspirational #Unhappy #Today
“It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Voice #Comic #Persona
“If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Sex #Believe
“If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Inspirational #Passion #Wish
“I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Laughing #People #Rewards
“Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Ice Cream #Eating #Coming Out
“Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Funny #Hard Work #Government
“I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Gay #Black #Proud
“These CEOs, man ... If you're that ruthless, you're a scary dude. I tell you, now when I walk past a little gang banger, I don't even blink. But if I see a white dude with a Wall Street Journal, I haul ass. Before I walk past the Arthur Andersen building, I cut through the projects. If you cut through the projects, you may just lose what you have on you that day. I ain't never been mugged of my whole future.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Wall #Cutting #Past
“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
“I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Hard Work #Steps #Energy
“Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Gun #People #Annoyed
“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
“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
“It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Government #People
“I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Fun #Materials
“Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Stage #Feels #Thrown
“I watched a lot of comedy growing up.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Growing Up #Growing #Comedy
“I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#People #Upset
“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.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Phones #Records #Problem
“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
“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
“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
“The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Light #Firsts #First Time
“As soon as you say 'I do,' you'll discover that marriage is like a car. Both of you might be sitting in the front seat, but only one of you is driving. And most marriages are more like a motorcycle than a car. Somebody has to sit in the back, and you have to yell just to be heard.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Marriage #Car #Motorcycle
“Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#People #Tvs #Comedy
“Men don't hear women.”
-- Wanda Sykes

#Men #Comedy
“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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