Wanda Sykes Quotes
My voice is distinctive: there's a rhythm to it, and also, it's funny. I was just blessed with a funny-sounding voice.
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I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.
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It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot.
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I knew that we were clicking when mimics started kidding my voice, I'll know that I'm on the way out when they stop doing their imitations.
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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
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I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.
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Scott Foley was always fun because he's a very funny guy. So I liked working with him a bunch.
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I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. It's funny - people ask me that, and I don't know what to tell them.
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I think God has blessed this country with enormous natural resources, and we should pursue all of the above. We should be developing oil, and gas, and coal, and nuclear, and wind, and solar, and ethanol, and biofuels. But, I don't believe that Washington should be picking winners and losers.
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I did accents and funny voices for the family when I was growing up.
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I've never been someone that was sort of blessed with an innate talent of just being able to do things. I had to work at it and learn from mistakes.
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I have an unfortunate personality.
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Only a fortunate few seek the Beloved. Only a blessed few seek to enter the shrine of the heart.
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We try to make the name longer and longer every year. First, it was 'Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular.' Then it was 'It's a Very Larry Christmas.' Now it's 'Larry the Cable Guy's Hula-palooza Christmas Luau.' I'll tell you what it is: It's funny. That's what it is. Who cares what the name of it is? It is a funny special.
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She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.
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I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
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If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
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I like children - fried.
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I have never planned to have babies by a certain age.
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In my mind, it is certainly much nicer to end on a high note rather than on a Stout Pig.
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We hope that even a thief has a heart.
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Fans talk to me about how 'Country Christmas' has become a holiday tradition for them and that they all watch to start their holiday season. To be a part of people's holiday traditions is a real joy.
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It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.
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My voice is distinctive: there's a rhythm to it, and also, it's funny. I was just blessed with a funny-sounding voice.
