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

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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. "

" 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. "

" '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 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. "

" 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'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. "

" My faith - as well as my Nigerian culture - really gave me the substance and foundation to be who I desire to be in life. "

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

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

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

" Auto-pay is not for convenience; it's for the gainfully employed. "

" I love a dark brown blush, like brown on brown. "

" A lot of times, especially in the black community, where therapy is talked about, it's like, 'Just go to church.' "

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

" I think there is this narrative that if you are a black woman, and you are strong, and you are educated, it's like, 'Good luck getting a black man.' "

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

" How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all? "

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

" I had my masters in public health, and the goal was to be a doctor, and organic chemistry let me know that that was not going to happen, as did my fear of blood. "

" I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life. "

" 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 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?' "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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