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It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men. ”
It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. ”
No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either. ”
I tried snowboarding, and that scared the hell out of me. ”
I tried theatre. I played Miss Hannigan for a short run of Annie at a regional theatre. That was fun. I enjoyed it! I enjoy theatre and have so much respect for theatre actors. ”
I have a very diverse crowd from old, young, black, white, straight, gay. It's a little bit of everybody. ”
I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am. ”
I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun. ”
Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it. ”
People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny. ”