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" I was taught not to confront and interrupt people, but that's what I do every day on 'The View.' "
Sherri Shepherd
Every Day
Day
People
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" I would make people who bullied me laugh, so that's my defense mechanism. "
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Laugh
Defense
" At night, I try to sneak in some of the shows that I love. I can't live without '30 Rock' - I was a fan before I joined the show in 2007 - and 'The Office.' 'Revenge' is my drama. And I love Jimmy Kimmel if I can stay up late enough to watch him. "
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Rock
Enough
Live
" When I first started wearing wigs, I didn't know you had to anchor them down with bobby pins. I walked out during a windy day and my wig blew off and got stuck to a branch. I was walking while my wig was hanging! If that's not the most embarrassing thing... but you have to use bobby pins. "
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Walking
Know
Down
" My dad worked two jobs and moved us to the suburbs, and just being a black person, I went through a lot of racism and being called names and being bullied every single day. And it was hard. I didn't have any friends. "
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Racism
Two
Day
" My grandmother taught me that accomplishments meant less than what you left behind. I started to ask myself what impact my comedy would have on people's lives. And that changed my act. I got cleaner. I stopped talking about generic stuff like airplane peanuts and started speaking the truth about my gift. "
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Myself
Gift
Airplane
" God bless you if you have one child, but I don't think anybody should have just one child. Everybody needs a sibling. I have siblings, and I have so many amazing, precious memories with my siblings. I don't know what I would do if I had been an only child. "
Sherri Shepherd
Memories
Think
God
" I didn't see my son the entire time I did 'Dancing With the Stars.' The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day - 40 to 50 hours a week. "
Sherri Shepherd
Day
Dance
Me
" When I planned my wedding the first time, my ex-husband and I, we were both struggling comics. I had a TV show that had gotten cancelled. Basically, I rented a wedding gown; the reception hall smelled like feet. "
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Time
Show
Wedding
" Sometimes my husband has to literally pull me away from the computer. "
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Sometimes
Me
Husband
" I am trying to inspire people to just take control of their oral health, because if we don't take care of our oral health, it affects so many different aspects of our lives. If your smile and mouth is not together, it affects your relationship, your self-esteem, your health. "
Sherri Shepherd
Together
Relationship
Health
" I get along very well with the cast of '30 Rock.' I guess I bring a certain quirkiness to the show as well. I'm just thankful they keep asking me. I didn't think I was going to be asked back so every time they say, 'We want you back,' I'm screaming. I'm jumping up and down and screaming. "
Sherri Shepherd
Time
Me
You
" Wigs have always been a part of my life and have become a staple accessory in my closet. I can remember being a little girl and hearing all the commotion in my house from my mom, aunts and grandmother when picking out their wigs for the day. It was such a good time for them and part of their everyday beauty routine. "
Sherri Shepherd
Beauty
Day
Life
" When I was creating my Luxhair Now wig line, I was listening to what my fans were saying online because I wanted to make something that the average woman could wear to work. "
Sherri Shepherd
Listening
Work
Woman
" I worked at Sears in the Woodfield Mall as a gift wrapper. I'm actually a great gift wrapper, and the customers were so nice to me. I was only 16, and eventually Sears put me in customer service because I was so friendly. "
Sherri Shepherd
Service
Customer
Gift
" For my first wedding, I cried all the way down the aisle. My fake eyelash came off. My nose was red. My eyes were swollen. I'm not one of those pretty criers. "
Sherri Shepherd
Eyes
Down
Wedding
" I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task. "
Sherri Shepherd
Mother
Mothers
" I'm a human garbage can, but I don't like veggies unless they have Velveeta cheese on top. And forget crunchy broccoli and carrots. I like 'em soggy, soft and wilted. The nutrients have probably gone away, but that's the only way I can eat them. "
Sherri Shepherd
Eat
I Can
Way
" I am a type-2 diabetic, and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer, where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits. "
Sherri Shepherd
Cancer
Change
Diabetes
" I burn a lot of stuff. My son, bless his heart, eats it anyway. But he makes a face! "
Sherri Shepherd
Burn
Son
Stuff
" The best piece of advice someone has ever given me was 'do it scared.' And no matter if you're scared, just go ahead and do it anyway because you might as well do it scared, so it will get done and you will feel so much better if you step out of your comfort zone. "
Sherri Shepherd
Step
Advice
Best
" I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control. "
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Take
Way
God
" I don't know how we're going to have this baby because I'm in my forties and I can't even remember my first son's name. But I'm going to have another baby because I'm feeling good. "
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Baby
Son
Remember
" If you don't go towards the thing you fear, you won't be able to say you lived. "
Sherri Shepherd
Able
Fear
You
" I do a lot of stairs, a lot of planks, a lot of squats, a lot of treadmill, a lot of screaming - and I do it four times a week. "
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Week
Treadmill
Four
" I have so much hair; I have a separate wig closet in my house. "
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Closet
Much
House
" I love being married. "
Sherri Shepherd
Love
Married
Being
" My sisters have been baptized and my dad is a deacon at his church now. Sadly my mother passed away but what I can say is that the Jehovah Witnesses took very good care of her up until she died. "
Sherri Shepherd
She
Church
Care
" My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42, thank you. I didn't want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym, that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him. "
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Thank You
Woman
Time
" I am on the power toothbrush train and I'm asking people to try to using an Oral B power toothbrush. I just started using one and I cannot believe that I waited this long to use a power toothbrush. It's so much easier than using a manual toothbrush. "
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Try
Power
Believe
" I love it when a woman hugs me. I love it when they say that I make them laugh because that means I'm doing what God called me to do. I love people. I love it when little old ladies come up and want to kiss me. It means so much to me that I get support and people know my heart. My fans know my heart and they get it. "
Sherri Shepherd
Heart
Support
Love