Wanda Sykes Quotes
A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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I am an opponent of war and of war preparations and an opponent of universal military training and conscription; but entirely apart from that issue, I hold that segregation in any part of the body politic is an act of slavery and an act of war.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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I'm a dork!
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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The textile industry became a huge deal in 19th century America, kind of like the tech industry is today. And that immigrant tradition continues, especially in tech, America's most dominant and dynamic industry today.
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Let's create a legal system that can work.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I get a lot of girls who say, 'I just want to be a model so badly.' And I think: 'You can do better than that.' I mean, look, I do love it, I'm not saying anything bad about it, I just think you can do a lot more.
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I wept not, so to stone within I grew.
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Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice.
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I don't think there's something inherently irreligious about comics.
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If you look at weak democracies, the oligarchies that have taken undue control of them always seek to tamper with the vote. It is important for oligarchs to have elections to give their guy a veneer of legitimacy - and important for the vote always to turn out 'their way.'
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I'm an old guy, so I started out playing 'Pong' with my brothers, and 'Mario Bros.' and whatnot. But we really got involved and got intense when 'Tecmo Super Bowl' came out. That's when we really started playing video games, and it got intense.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
