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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
- Wanda Sykes
#God
#Know
#Loss
#Why
#Women
I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
- Wanda Sykes
#Business
#Family
#Funny
#None
#Show
I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
- Wanda Sykes
#Because
#Chance
#Here
#Today
#Unhappy
I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
- Wanda Sykes
#Comedy
#Face
#Place
#Real
#Your
If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
- Wanda Sykes
#About
#People
#Want
#Work
#Your
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.
- Wanda Sykes
#Doing
#Group
#Long
#People
#Why
If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
- Wanda Sykes
#Behind
#Deep
#Massage
#Me
#Try
I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
- Wanda Sykes
#Best Friend
#Best
#Friend
#Funny
#He
It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
- Wanda Sykes
#Fired
#Government
#Hard
#Like
#People
Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
- Wanda Sykes
#Government
#Waiting
#Work Hard
#Work
There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
- Wanda Sykes
#Good
#Me
#Mom
#Open
#Young
I tried snowboarding, and that scared the hell out of me.
- Wanda Sykes
#Hell
#Me
#Out
#Scared
#Tried
I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
- Wanda Sykes
#Always
#Funny
#Go
#Phone
#Sit
#Thinking
I remember, when I was a kid, my summers were pretty much running around, riding your bike, and then complaining about you were bored.
- Wanda Sykes
#Bored
#Complaining
#Remember
#Riding
I was working at the NSA. I don't know, I was just bored. I just knew that's not what I was supposed to be doing with my life.
- Wanda Sykes
#Bored
#Doing
#Know
#Life
#My Life
Men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
- Wanda Sykes
#Dogs
#Got
#Loyal
#Men
#Stop
If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
- Wanda Sykes
#Doing
#Feel
#Just Do It
#Passion
#Stop
Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.
- Wanda Sykes
#Black
#Day
#End Of The Day
#Equality
#Us
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