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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. "

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" I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me. "

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

" I'll probably always opt for makeup because I just like the way it feels. You can play with it and create different looks, and I think that's fun. But I also want the option to not need it. "

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

" For me, I just stuck to school. I thought you can't be bullied and dumb, so books and I will be friends. "

" 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. "

" It's great for people to give out of the kindness of their hearts, but because we're in a consumerist society, it's also great to have the opportunity to give and get. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm grounded in who I am. "

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

" There are so many professional women who have to be this boss, but when they get home, it's like, 'Can someone take care of me? Can I not be so powerful?' "

" I just love new, beautiful music. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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.' "

" If I'm home on Wednesdays, I go to Bible study. I get my God time in, definitely. "

" When it comes to black female comedians, it's like, if you're not overweight, are you funny? There's rules, like, you can't be skinny and pretty and funny. I'm all three, sorry to break it to you. "

" 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. "

" Don't take it personally if you're met with opposition. Work hard anyway. "

" 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. "

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" 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 don't look at God as some boring dude in the sky that tells me what to do all day. I legitimately be like, 'Yo, you know what, G, that's crazy how that happened. That's dope. You know, you the real MVP.' "