"Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because……" — Wanda Sykes
"Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because how many things could I have? You know black, lesbian - I'm like, I can't be the poster child for everything. At least with the LGBT issues we get a parade and a float and it's a party."
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62 Quotes by Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes has 62 quotes on this site.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way…
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Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my…
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L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my…
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We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is…
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can…
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I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!
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I think Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his…
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I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on…
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I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first…
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