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Wanda Sykes Quotes

I'm constantly preparing. Material hits me; I'm always writing. I go back and listen to my shows and just prepare and put my set together. But the day of, I like to have some downtime. A nice lunch is important for me.

Wanda Sykes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: March 7, 1964

Topics

Day Together Me Lunch Writing Back

I feel like in the reading I did when I was growing up, and also in the way that people talk and tell stories here in the South, they use a lot of figurative language. The stories that I heard when I was growing up, and the stories that I read, taught me to use the kind of language that I do. It's hard for me to work against that when I am writing.

Jesmyn Ward

Work I Am People Me Growing Up Feel

Being a trial lawyer sounds like glamorous work, but most of your time is spent pushing paper and arguing.

Megyn Kelly

Work Time Lawyer Arguing Glamorous

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

Michael J. Fox

Family Important Everything Thing

Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life.

Michael Gove

Life Learning Children Moment School

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Childhood Preparation Happy Poor

Americans should be able to enjoy a secure retirement after a lifetime of hard work. But too many Americans reach retirement without enough savings to supplement their Social Security benefits.

Tom Perez

Work Hard Work Retirement Enjoy Hard

It's very clear from Biblical history and Jewish history that Jewish monotheism wasn't developed in an instant, that it became gradually the accepted norm. But undoubtedly, Jewish ancestors were polytheists.

Robert Winston

History Ancestors Jewish Clear Very

I didn't think I would make this much money.

Mike Judge

Money Think Make Would Much

I was raised by my grandparents, and they always made sure that I had a pencil and some paper, whether we were in the car or at a restaurant. While they were enjoying a nice meal, I would be sitting there drawing funny pictures of the waitress.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Funny Car Restaurant Drawing Nice

A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift.

Christie Brinkley

Smile Lift Mood Like Instant

We spent four days filming in a helicopter. I had never seen London from that viewpoint - you get a sense of how big it is and how easy it is to get lost. There was one day when we couldn't find Brick Lane: we spent 25 minutes looking and then realised it was directly below us.

Asif Kapadia

Day Looking Easy You Find Brick

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

Peter Doig

Perfection Painting Interesting About