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" People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not! "

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" My shows and my material are grounded in reality. It's pretty much something that's either happened in my life or in the news, and I start there and give you my take on it. "

" It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh. "

" I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product. "

" I watched a lot of comedy growing up. "

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" Stand-up, by far, is my favorite. "

" It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people. "

" There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up. "

" I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am. "

" D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it. "

" I tried snowboarding, and that scared the hell out of me. "

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" I had breast cancer. Yeah, I know it's scary. "

" If I'm talking about something current, a current issue or something political, it's because I was able to read it when I was on the plane getting to the gig... a lot of it happens when I'm on the road because when I'm home, you're just mom, and that's it. "

" If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too. "

" My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on. "

" It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are. "

" I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country. "

" I remember, when I was a kid, my summers were pretty much running around, riding your bike, and then complaining about you were bored. "

" But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. "

" I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother's side of the family. "

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" I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic. "

" I knew I was outspoken when I was a kid because, whenever my parents had company coming over, they would pay me to leave. 'Go see your grandmother. Get out of here.' That was my first paying gig. "

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" It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians. "

" I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place. "

" I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance. "