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" 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. "

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" They're smart in Orange County. Smart and rich - just how I like 'em. "

" 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. "

" Even when I was an engineer, I was a comic on my job. At birthday and holiday parties, I was the one scheduling and emceeing. If you work on your gift, and you're good, it will shine through. "

" I don't have a lot of time for television because I am making it, so it's really hard for me to sit down. But when I do get a chance, I try to catch up on 'Scandal,' 'Empire' and 'black-ish.' "

" 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've seen Don Rickles up at the Montreal Comedy Festival. Don Rickles was doing jokes in a wheelchair, and he was headlining a show. Do you think they would let a woman do that? "

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

" One of my dreams was to change the way women of color were seen on television. "

" I started by doing a little funny story, and then I started going to open mics. I realized I had a lot of work to do - you have to get over the stage fright and get your stage presence up. It took me some time, but I finally feel that I'm at a point where I feel comfortable on stage and giving my point of view. "

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

" I never wanted a traditional lifestyle. I'm not that kind of person. "

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

" Seriously, I love my gays. They accept me, and I accept them. Imperfections and all, we accept each other. "

" The president of CBS handpicked me for the 'Star Search' revival, which Arsenio Hall hosted. He picked 12 comics, and I was the only female. I always look to that as inspiration. "

" Everybody wants to say females aren't as funny as men. That's not true. You just don't see as many because it takes a lot to do this occupation. "

" I used to be an engineer, and I was the worst engineer in the United States of America. That's why I became a comic. "

" I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married. "

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

" 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. "

" It's always good to laugh. "

" I don't want to get married - I've been there and done that. So I know what I'm talking about when I say that. And for everybody has a different path - find out your path! And if you want to do it, don't let people make you feel inadequate because you wanted to do something that's different. "

" 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. "

" I appreciate the audience for checking us as comics. "

" It is harder to dress a bigger woman no matter what anybody wants to say. "

" I tend to be everybody's best friend, and it kind of goes over into my comedy. "

" 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. "

" What helped was that my mother, even though we didn't have a lot of money... allowed me to take part in the Girl Scouts. "

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

" I couldn't be where I am today if I had children. My focus would be on my children and home. And you can do it later in life. "

" That's the one thing I have to say to females. If you don't have a certain look, or if you look a certain way, they won't accept you. "