Wanda Sykes Quotes
Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.
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It's up to God to do the judging. You haven't walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me?
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So many athletes who have been close to me have been everything to me.
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I have to be able to rap. I don't have the look. I don't have the typical slim-dude, fancy-clothes look. That's not me. I have to be able to rap - there is no other choice, or else I get eaten alive.
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I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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What can you do if a part of it is uphill? You can't work out another route. You've just got to run the one they give you. But they tell me London is a nice course. Even the cobbles, I hope, are not very much of a problem for me.
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I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.
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I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
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I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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I believe in eating what I like and sweating it out in the gym.
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To be honest, I don't even exactly know how to set up a Google alert. My brother has me on Google alert. So do my parents. But I'm not even sure how it works.
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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Agents are still asking for millions of dollars for actors that don't sell one ticket.
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I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.
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I don't get distracted until the weight of other things left undone finally tips the balance; my mind is flooded with calls, bills, supermarkets, letters, and I have to stop and sort things out.
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Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.
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Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
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Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.
