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" I like things to happen organically. "

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

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

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

" I want to own a comedy club. "

" 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 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. "

" I took organic chemistry, and I got my first-ever F. I ended up going to summer school, and the whole time, I'm thinking, 'I am not good at sciences.' "

" 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 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. "

" 'First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of a preemptive expectation placed on them, and then they get there, and they realize the American dream is bigger than, sometimes, what our parents dreamt. "

" I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it just makes it so much easier to release control, cuz at the end of the day, if He brought me to it, He's gonna have to bring me through it. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day. "

" Getting into comedy was difficult for my parents to comprehend. I think now they are really proud I stuck to it. "

" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "

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

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

" There's not one black narrative. There's not one way to be black. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes you are the only living, walking, breathing version of the Bible that people will ever see. What long-lasting taste are you going to leave in their mouths? A lot of people have left a bad taste. And it's so unfortunate, because God is the best! "

" 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. "

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