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I am black, and there's no getting around that, but being black doesn't define every aspect of my life. ”
I really try to make smart choices about my fashion and really live a life on the carpet that's the same as the life I live normally. ”
I think people sleepwalk through their lives, and for me, I wanted to embrace everything. And that meant the agonizing pain and the transcendence, and you can't have one without the other. ”
I used to worry that if I wasn't having a dynamic life, then I wouldn't have anything to talk about. ”
My husband and I met when I was a teenager, and I've been with him for more than half of my adult life. ”
I'm sure you can imagine it's pretty frustrating to have people talking about your private life who don't know anything about it. ”
I think the thing I fear most in life is waking up one day and not feeling challenge - feeling ambivalent or glib about what I have to do that day. ”
I don't think of myself as a role model, but I do feel like, for women out there who are trying to figure out who they are, the most important choice to make is to live a life that's true to who you are inside. And let your ideas and your heart and your mind drive your fashion choices. ”
So much of a stand-up's life is doing live radio and having to be funny and quick on the spot with these strangers, and sort of surgical in terms of how funny I can be in three minutes. ”
Making a difference - and allowing God to use your gifts to change someone else's life - is truly the greatest joy you will ever experience. ”