Wanda Sykes Quotes
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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We've all done actions in our lives where we compromise what we believe in. And if we keep doing it, there's no way back, no pride to hold on to.
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Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.
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Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.
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Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.
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I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.
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In 1953, Mom and Dad, living in Toronto, discovered, to their shock, that Mom was expecting. I was born in June 1954. My parents, thrilled, showered me with love.
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We have to reappropriate the concept of laicite (secularism) so we can explain to our young pupils that whatever their faith, they belong to this idea, and they're not excluded. Secularism is not something against them; it protects them.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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I'm the type of girl who's always had to buy jeans in three sizes because I never know what my body is going to do from one day to the next.
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I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.
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Some men think that if you're empowered and sure of yourself then you're a man-hater, but it's like, 'No, I'm just the same as you are, but maybe just a tiny bit more confident.'
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch and see what they find helpful or not helpful.
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My mother and my father divorced during the time that my father was getting his Ph.D. at Tulane.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs.
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Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.
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As you keep your mind and heart focused in the right direction, approaching each day with faith and gratitude, I believe you will be empowered to live life to the fullest and enjoy the abundant life He has promised you!
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
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Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.
