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" Black girls can make the best girlfriends. "

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" I used to work in public health, and the issues were sustainability, how the funds were being delineated, and if the funds were actually helping the people we think they're helping. "

" I always say my Christianity and my virginity don't limit options. I think that they refine my options. "

" I remember talking to old-school African American grandpops, and they're just like, 'When I saw my wife, I looked up from across the street, and I said, 'That girl gon' be my wife someday.' And we've been married 45 years.' Like, what? That's all it took? "

" I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names. "

" I knew I didn't want to be a doctor but didn't know what I wanted to do. I prayed, and all I heard back was: 'Do comedy.' It was something I had never done before, but I gave in, tried comedy, and the rest is history. "

" I was so focused on advancing in my career that I didn't have enough emotional capacity for dating. "

" Everyone has met or seen or interacted with a Nigerian in America because we leave Nigeria for here. We're your doctors. We're your lawyers. We're your child's best friend. All of the above. "

" A lot of people hustle differently, and I was like, 'You know what, let me hustle and create, and let me have something to show,' cuz my hustle led to opportunity. "

" The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment. "

" As for my role models... you know, I'm an immigrant, so we didn't grow up with too much TV. My parents were like, 'You must read your books.' "

" I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard. "

" Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a contracting specialist for the NSA, and I got my master's in public health. "

" I'm grounded in who I am. "

" I was supposed to be the doctor in my family. "

" Every time you're on stage, you're acting. "

" It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a little bit more urban?' And it's just like, 'What?' I don't even know the word for that. "

" By the time I got to George Washington University, I had been a straight-A student in high school. "

" I was bullied because I have this thick Nigerian accent. "

" I came to America when I was six. In true African form, my parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or engineer. "

" I worked for a company called Population Services International, a social marketing company advocating healthy behaviors. We had a big branding campaign with celebrities to help educate about the proper use of mosquito nets, for example, to help prevent malaria. "

" My father just instilled in me that either you're going to be No. 1 or nothing at all. "

" I like things to happen organically. "

" I want to own a comedy club. "

" I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion. "

" On 'Insecure,' Molly works at a law firm, and there's scenes where her boss doesn't value her voice and doesn't value her efforts. And we had a lot of women tweeting 'Me too' in that situation. We're saying, 'Hey, no more. Not on our watch.' "

" If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt. "

" I would never do something I'm uncomfortable with. "

" I entered the Miss Nigeria in America pageant - yes, it's a thing that existed. This was when I was getting my masters. "