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" Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn. "

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" I just love new, beautiful music. "

" Wanda Sykes and I have had similar career trajectories. We're both from the D.C. area. She spent five years working as a contracting specialist for the NSA, and I got my master's in public health. "

" Black girls can make the best girlfriends. "

" I entered the Miss Nigeria in America pageant - yes, it's a thing that existed. This was when I was getting my masters. "

" I went to an all-girls boarding school in Maryland. I used to laugh at the girls in the theater program - I was pre-med, National Honors Society; I was on that track. "

" On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. "

" I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. "

" For me, I just stuck to school. I thought you can't be bullied and dumb, so books and I will be friends. "

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

" There are so many professional women who have to be this boss, but when they get home, it's like, 'Can someone take care of me? Can I not be so powerful?' "

" Any show that speaks to people of color feels the burden to never mess up, never make its characters look bad - to always get it right. "

" I want to own a comedy club. "

" I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names. "

" New York is a walking city, so you'll be dressed to the nines, and you'll go out, and you feel more special and more pretty because more people acknowledge you. "

" If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt. "

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

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" I always say my Christianity and my virginity don't limit options. I think that they refine my options. "

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" 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. "

" It's only in acting where I've heard in auditions, 'Can you black it up a little bit? Can you make her a little bit more urban?' And it's just like, 'What?' I don't even know the word for that. "

" 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 have immigrant, African parents. They would say, in their Nigerian accents, 'So you want to be a jester?' And I was like, 'I don't want to be a court jester, Ma. I want to be a comedian.' "

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