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All Quotes by author - Wanda Sykes

" Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science. "

" And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike. "

" A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh. "

" Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do. "

" But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that. "

" But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. "

" D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it. "

" Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going. "

" I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom. "

" I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country. "

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

" I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all. "

" I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing. "

" If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it. "

" If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling. "

" If I'm talking about something current, a current issue or something political, it's because I was able to read it when I was on the plane getting to the gig... a lot of it happens when I'm on the road because when I'm home, you're just mom, and that's it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too. "

" I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me. "

" I had breast cancer. Yeah, I know it's scary. "

" I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat, 'Oh, Lord'. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction. "

" I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business. "

" I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother's side of the family. "

" I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend. "

" I have a very diverse crowd from old, young, black, white, straight, gay. It's a little bit of everybody. "

" 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. "

" I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job. "

" I knew I was outspoken when I was a kid because, whenever my parents had company coming over, they would pay me to leave. 'Go see your grandmother. Get out of here.' That was my first paying gig. "

" I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place. "

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