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" Mom was a nurse's aide. She worked in various hospitals. She took care of us that way, and we ate government cheese. I survived. "

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" I keep doing stand-up because the world needs laughter - there's always something happening in the country and in the world. That's why I wanted to become an entertainer: to help people forget about their problems for a little while. "

" One day, we had a layoff at my job. And I went to my boss, and I said, 'Please save someone else's job. This is a win-win situation for the company and me - and just lay me off.' I did that in around 2003, and I never looked back. I became a full-time comic. "

" Miss Britney Spears took a dude that was already with a girl that had babies. And sometimes when you do that kind of stuff and take a dude, that's called karma. "

" I'll see something, and I'll go, 'Oh, wow, that's interesting,' because really, comedy comes from the truth. "

" I have a fear of being broke. That's what I have a fear of. I'm not kidding. "

" What we're trying to do is take these words and soften them. I'm an African-American comic. I use the b-word in my act. "

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" I do think the audiences have a right to judge what they feel is offensive and not. "

" If you think about how many headlining female comics are out there, you could say 15, maybe 20? "

" I'm what you call a satisfied single. I don't want to give any trip reports when I come home. "

" At my job, my manager had a massive heart attack; we had layoffs. It made me realize that nothing is certain, nothing is for sure, and if I'm going to make a move, I gotta make a move now. "

" I'm hearing from fans about how they got out of an abusive relationship. That's why I tell people you've got to watch 'The Real.' We are about comedy and inspiration, but personal moments come up, and people are moved by it. "

" As a stand-up comic, you have to do the road. "

" I'm fat, and I support fat celebrities, like Oprah. "

" I do like to laugh at and talk about relationships. "

" I like having peace and quiet in my life, and I am perfectly happy in my relationships. "

" Whatever you're destined to do, you will be. "

" We provide comedy for everybody, no matter what your race or gender. We just want people to come out and have a really good time. "

" The thing is, it's that Detroiters are hard workers. We've always been hard workers, even when times are down. I've been able to take that with me, that work ethic, to help me build my career. "

" It's always good to laugh. "

" Now that I live in Los Angeles, if I meet somebody from Detroit, it's like there's this brother- or sisterhood, where we're real folks. "

" I did all this standup comedy in college, and from that point on, I tried to develop myself and get my name back out there. "

" With comedy, I try to steer toward, you know, talking about people that do crazy things, messed-up things. That's what I like to talk about. "

" The late, great Joan Rivers actually gave me so much advice, and she was so nice to me before she passed. "

" When we heard that little dial-up sound, that eeeeee, and then you connected, and you then go and you check your mail and you get that 'you got mail,' you were excited. I mean, that was the thing. "

" Life is funny, and that's why I celebrate it in my shows. "

" There is nothing like a live performance. You can look at things on television, and you can look at things on YouTube, but when you get in a room full of people and you say one joke, and everyone's laughing at the same thing, it's a really great experience. "

" I am the funny, crazy person. "

" People say they get a warmness from me. "

" I do talk about celebrity relationships like Kim Kardashian's. I like to find the humor in love. "

" I have relationships. I date. But it takes a lot to say I'm going to be married and have children. "