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" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "

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" I'm just gonna talk about being Nigerian-American. I'm gonna talk about being single. I'm gonna talk about what happened to me on the train today. I'm gonna talk about so many other things that, as a comic, you're able to talk about because you see the world in sarcasm. "

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" I went to an all-girls boarding school in Maryland. I used to laugh at the girls in the theater program - I was pre-med, National Honors Society; I was on that track. "

" As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self. "

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

" For me, staying ready has always been, like, the preparations: do the behind-the-scenes or do what you think that's not sexy that nobody will see, but when they do see it, it's like, 'Oh, snap... what she's doing on her own, we'll add to that, and it'll blow up.' "

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

" My faith has really been the biggest asset of my career. It has grounded me and let me focus on what's important. "

" You can't tell me no, because you can't tell Jesus no. It doesn't work. "

" I started comedy in 2006. I didn't even think it was a thing I could do. "

" My actual desire is to be able to comfortably walk out of my house without any makeup on and feel as beautiful as I do when my makeup artist beats my face. "

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" A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. "

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" I have a show called 'First Gen' that David Oyelowo is executive producing. "

" Comedy's the ultimate pill that helps the really hard truths and hard facts go down, right? "

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