223 Quotes by Wanda Sykes

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    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.

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    People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny.

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    I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project.

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

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    It wasn't until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky.

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

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    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.

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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.

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