Wanda Sykes Quotes
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When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.
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I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.
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It's true that youth is wasted on the young and, if I had my life to live over again, I suppose I would pay more attention to my career. I would make better choices. But, in my defence, I would say that I have three wonderful children, and that's something I am very proud of.
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The lunch in a normal American restaurant is very problematic for me. I don't like to have hot food for lunch.
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census population figures and require 50-55 million tonnes for distribution.
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There is no reliable way to calculate from the number of recorded compliance issues how many Americans have had their communications improperly collected, stored or distributed by the NSA.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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Acting offers me an outlet. Here is the perfect opportunity to spend fleeting moments becoming an entirely different person; to experience a character entirely unlike myself, but to also make such a character a part of me. There is no routine here; there is no boredom.
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I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Challenges give me a kick. The day I stop getting challenges, I would quit.
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Women should learn from men to compartmentalize. It's a great skill that some women have naturally but others have to practice. The goal is to keep one area of your life that might not be going well from causing unnecessary disruptions in another area.
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You never know how long a player has left, especially with strikers. Once you turn 30, as a striker, you are usually on the way down, and playing from the age of 16, at such a high level, has to take its toll.
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It's kind of weird. You can have hits, but it's hard to sustain a career. I went through that period where I didn't have a lot of hits, although people were still buying the records.
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For my lifestyle, I believe in living 10 times below my means. As a result of that, I have the luxury of working only when I'm inspired.
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It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
