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" On a man, I love Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille. But I wear Orchid Soleil - I love a sweet smell. "

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" 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. "

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

" My actual desire is to be able to comfortably walk out of my house without any makeup on and feel as beautiful as I do when my makeup artist beats my face. "

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

" The thing about black women and black hair is that you just have to experiment. "

" 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.' "

" Some people just don't subscribe to labels. "

" 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? "

" We didn't grow up with TV as a viable means of supporting yourself. "

" What you see on TV is what you believe you can be. "

" There's a lot of negative speak about what it means to be an immigrant. I'm like, 'OK, I don't know where that came from.' We do the dirty jobs. We do the good jobs. We get the job done. "

" I don't know how often white people look around and think, 'Wow, there's really a lot of white people here; we should fix that.' But I know black people often look around and think, 'Wow, I'm the only one here - why?' "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" It's great for people to give out of the kindness of their hearts, but because we're in a consumerist society, it's also great to have the opportunity to give and get. "

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

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

" For me, comedy was deftly terrifying. "

" 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. "

" I grew up Catholic, so I had a more traditional relationship with religion. "