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

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

" 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. "

" I don't know who I'll end up with, but whoever he is must have a strong religious commitment, must be someone who loves God. "

" I was looking around this room, this sea of industry folk. If I had have worn black and white, somebody would have asked me to get them a cocktail; the only other people of colour there were servers. "

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

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

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

" I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. "

" As strong as we are, we have our moments. My mama is an African woman who had four kids and was a nurse for 25 years, and she had her moments. I've seen her cry. "

" I've been fortunate that the men I surround myself with in the comedy world are really decent people: men who are very aware, who are very respectful, and understand their place and maybe even some of their privilege. "

" There's a lot of negative speak about what it means to be an immigrant. I'm like, 'OK, I don't know where that came from.' We do the dirty jobs. We do the good jobs. We get the job done. "

" There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance. "

" My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like, 'What in the world?' My mom was like, 'What happened?' She had so many questions. "

" Before 'Insecure,' I was a wedding emcee - a host for weddings. That's a world that a lot of people are not familiar with. "

" Any show that speaks to people of color feels the burden to never mess up, never make its characters look bad - to always get it right. "

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

" On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. "

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

" To not have the wherewithal to give fully to a relationship bothered me. "

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

" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "

" Black girls can make the best girlfriends. "

" 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 believe in the equal and opposite: If I exist, there is an equal and opposite version of me, and so however long I have to wait, and wherever he happens to be, we'll find it. Sometimes it's like, 'Jesus, where he at?' "

" There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've got to show ourselves in the best light, always, as the 'Strong Black Women' and bring that 'black girl magic' all the time. "

" 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.' "

" I just love new, beautiful music. "

" Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn. "