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" One of my dreams was to change the way women of color were seen on television. "
Loni Love
Television
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" I'm fat, and I support fat celebrities, like Oprah. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" The late, great Joan Rivers actually gave me so much advice, and she was so nice to me before she passed. "
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" In 'Mother's Day,' which is directed by legendary director Garry Marshall, I play a mother figure to the character played by Jason Sudeikis from 'Saturday Night Live.' He's a widower, and I'm a mother who's helping him to get over the loss of his wife. "
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" Being a female comic and getting a Comedy Central special is an honor because not a lot of women get that. "
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" I just do jokes about real situations, pure observation. "
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" Whatever you're destined to do, you will be. "
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" Men don't know how to act like men sometimes. Take the trash out. Open up the door. Rub my feet. I mean, it's a two-way street! "
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" 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. "
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" I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The thing is being honest with yourself. There's no rule that says you have to be married and have kids. "
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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. "
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" You men make up these rules, and now you get mad because I'm telling you what a real woman wants. She wants you to treat her like a lady if you want her to sit up there and put on all the lingerie! "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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