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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#brown #i #impression #james #james brown

It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#comedians #comedy #first #good #got

It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#behind #confident #first #forward #i

It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#laugh #making #rip #shreds #somebody

Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#deal #get #had #into #just

Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

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Were I as base as is the lowly plain, And you, my Love, as high as heaven above, Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,. ↗

— Joshua Sylvester

#base #heaven #high #humble #i

It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs. ↗

— David Sylvian

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The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#depends #direction #enough #general #general knowledge

The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic. ↗

— David Sylvian

#artist #authentic #freeze #moment #often