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Margaret Cho is an American comedian, singer, writer, and television producer. Known for her unique sense of humor and insightful commentary on social issues, she was born on December 5, 1968. Cho, of Korean-American descent, often addresses topics such as race, gender, and sexual orientation in her work.

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“The incognito of lower class employment is an effective cloak for any dagger one might wish to hide.”

Might Wish Class Employment Cloaks Daggers Lower Class

Author:Margaret Cho

“The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.”

Nations Crisis Victim Pet Distressing Foreclosure

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“The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.”

I Can Social Easy Stuff Can Do Performers

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“To me, marriage is really important and what we build families on. That's why gay marriage is really important.”

Important Gay Gay Marriage

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“Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!”

Ifs Giving Shows Moving Interest Democrat Smile Toys Straight Up

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“Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?”

Different Beautiful Interest Type Possible Love

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“Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than it naturally unfolded. I cheated myself out of a childhood but then got a running headstart into adulthood that no one else could keep up with.”

Running Romance Comedy Childhood Keys Grew Grew Up Faster Controlled Adulthood My Future Cheated I Cheated

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“When you feel powerful, you are willing to stand up for your rights, you are willing to stand up for what you believe in, you're more willing to stand up and be counted.”

Feels Believe Powerful Rights Willing Believe In You Stand Up For What You Believe In

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“For women in my family, in Korean culture, women are really valued in their youth, and then when they get older, it's like they almost become irrelevant.”

Culture Youth My Family Irrelevant Korean

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“I always felt like an outsider growing up. In school, I felt like I never fit in. But it didn't help when my mother, instead of buying me glue for school projects, would tell me to just use rice.”

Helping Use School Mother Felt Growing Up Growing Fit Projects Buying Outsiders Rice Glue

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“I am a big Ellen fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.”

Long Has Beens Stills Shows Bigs Kids Used Fans News Long Time Locals San Francisco Talk Shows Local News

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“I am star-struck but also I've known a lot of people for a long time. Like I'm super star-struck by Grant Lee Phillips and Jon Brion but I've known them for 17 years. So it's kinda like weird to be star-struck still, but I still am!”

People Years Long Stills Stars Known Long Time Grants Super Star

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“I can't drag myself away from 'Final Cut Pro.' It is a digital video editing system. I am obsessed with it, but I am always away from home, and I can't use it.”

I Can Use Home Cutting Finals Video Obsessed Digital Drag Editing Away From Home Video Editing

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“I don't really know what 'selling out' is exactly. I would sell out if I could, but nobody's buying it. I would love to go mainstream, but my comedy is too edgy. It's always too dirty. It's always too filthy. I'm dying to sell out. But I love doing comedy, I love touring, and I think I would do everything for free.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Comedy Dying Sells Selling Dirty If I Could Buying Mainstream Touring Filthy Edgy Selling Out

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“I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take my three dogs for a walk and commence with my work.”

Artist Three Walks Dog Husband Get Up Comic My Husband Als Breakfast Three Dog

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“I have learned to love that which is meant to harm me, so that I can stand in the way of those who are less strong. I can take the bullets for those who aren't able to.”

Way I Can Able Strong Harm I Have Learned Bullets

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“I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do a show and you move onto the next city. All you have to do is do the show. That's the only responsibility that you have.”

Mean States Shows Moving Next Cities Responsibility Constant Touring

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“I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'”

Self Jobs Loses Careers Issues Television Like You Conscious Weight Raised Self Conscious Lose Weight

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“I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'”

Thinking Wells May Art School Night Comedy Teacher High School Performances Clubs Signing Inappropriate Mics Performance Art Comedy Clubs

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“I'm taking a lot of my favorite artists, different people, my favorite music and marrying that with what I do as a comic. It's very collaborative, arty, fun and cool.”

People Different Artist Fun My Favorite Comic Different Peoples Marrying Favorite Artist Favorite Music

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“If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe, before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live?”

People Ifs World Feels May Enough Kids Felt Saws Dangerous Figures Tvs Gay Safe Agree Lgbt Closets Just Live Public Figures

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“Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible.”

Way Want Would Be Party Surprise Horrible Birthday Intervention Exhausting Birthday Party

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“Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it was a big deal if you survived. There's a big party thrown when you are 100 days old, followed by another when you make it to one whole year.”

Ifs Years Children Made Country Whole Bigs Deals Party Tough Thrown Survived Big Deal Korean Whole Year

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“My mother goes crazy over babies. Some people just do. They love 'em! I never have. Babies scare me more than anything. They're tiny and fragile and impressionable - and someone else's! As much as I hate borrowing stuff, that is how much I hate holding other people's babies. It's too much responsibility.”

People Mother Hate Stuff Responsibility Too Much Crazy Baby I Hate Tiny Ems Scare Fragile Borrowing Impressionable

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“One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in life, and this is, like, the one thing that I have mastery over. It's my world. And anybody who's coming to the show, it's like they're coming because they know that this is my world.”

Knows World Feels I Can Shows One Thing Comfortable Over It Mastery Can Not

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“Snooki is really beautiful and looks quite like Elizabeth Taylor in 'Cleopatra.' She has the same bone structure. I'm kind of obsessed with 'Jersey Shore.' People don't give them enough credit for how entertaining they are.”

People Giving Looks Kind Enough Beautiful Structure Credit Bones Obsessed Shore Entertaining Jersey Really Beautiful Jersey Shore Snooki

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“Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.”

Ifs Thinking Trying May Done Honest Honest With Yourself

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“When it comes to children, my mom doesn't believe in borders. She loves all children, and that's a good example of mothering the world. I need to do that, but before I can, I need to get over my fear of kids in the first place.”

World Needs Firsts Believe Children I Can Kids Example Mom My Mom Borders Get Over Mothering Good Examples

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“Silence equals nonexistence. If I don't raise my voice, it's like I never existed.”

Ifs Voice Silence Raises Volunteer

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“The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass.”

Firsts Loses Brain Mass Weight Diets Dieting Funny Diet Motivational Diet Weight Motivational Inspirational Weight Loss Good Weight Loss Motivation

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“I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you. [...] I think that it's time to take this power into our own hands and to say, "You know what? I'm beautiful. I just am. And that's my light. I'm just a beautiful woman."”

People Thinking Knows Inspirational Hands Light Beautiful Self Esteem Empowerment Titles Self Acceptance Beautiful Women You Re Beautiful

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“You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angry and bitter.”

Fall Loses Baby Republican Angry Teeth Bitter Falling Down Baby Teeth

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“It's hard to find peace with your thighs, but when they chafe, try to be grateful for them. Your thighs let you run and get you where you want to go. I have not just thigh peace but thigh happiness, and it begins with thigh gratitude.”

Want Trying Hard Running Happiness Gratitude Grateful Be Grateful Finding Peace Thighs

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“When people think the world of you, be careful with them.”

People Thinking World Careful Be Careful

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“I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said, “I’m beautiful because I love everybody as much as I can. I’m beautiful because I have wonderful friends. And I’m beautiful because I say I am. I’ve earned it, and I’m gonna be it.”

Said I Can Feelings Beautiful Results Attitude Wonderful Changed Ugly Treated My Attitude Wonderful Friends

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“I don't think I'm gay. I don't think I'm straight. I think I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?”

Thinking Gay Parades

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“[An article about Cho] started out, "Funny, sexy, zaftig Margaret Cho..." What is "zaftig?" Isn't that German for "big fat pig?" I guess I was lucky - "zaftig" is kind of a nice word. It could have been, "Funny, sexy, OBESE Margaret Cho."”

Kind Has Beens Bigs Nice Lucky Sexy Fats Pigs Could Have Been Obese Funny Sexy Nice Words

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“I knew I was crazy because I was watching Jesus Christ Superstar and the part where Jesus carries the cross up the mountain, I actually said to myself, "Wow! That must be a really good workout! Yeah, because you're doing arms and cardio!"”

Said Jesus Christ Crazy Arms Mountain Jesus Christ Crosses Yeah Carrie Wow Good Work Workout Superstar Cardio Good Workout Jesus Christ Superstar

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“I love tattooed women, maybe because they are uncontrollable, they are themselves to the point of drawing symbols of their power on their skin. Talk about owning your own body, being in your body, claiming yourself. I love it. When the world is in an uproar over whether women should have a choice or not when it comes to their own bodies, being tattooed is one of the most visible choices of all.”

World Should Body Choices Should Have Skins Drawing Your Body Symbols Visible Uncontrollable Tattooed

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“I refer to myself as gay, but I’m married to a man.”

Men Gay Married

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“I don't have children, and I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them. It's weird not to be able to decide. I don't know if I could stand that kind of commitment, or if I am really honest, I don't think that I could handle being that vulnerable to someone else.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Kind Children Able Wanted Honest Commitment Handle Vulnerable Not Sure If I Could Childlessness

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“I taught Sunday School for two years. And I got fired. I abused my authority. I used to teach class like this, "OK, if one more person talks, everybody is going to Hell."”

Ifs Years Persons Two School Funny Used Class Teach Hell Taught Authority Sunday Two Years Sunday School

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“Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.”

Heart Where You Live

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“For me to be ten pounds thinner is a full-time job, and I am handing in my notice and walking out the door!!”

Jobs Doors Walking Ten Pounds Full Time Jobs Walking Out Walking Out The Door

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“If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?'”

Ifs Guy Talking Cute Unicorn

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“I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out.”

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“My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.”

Funny Speak Parent Deals Color Speak English

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“It's important to feel beautiful; it's political to feel beautiful.”

Feels Important Beautiful Political Feeling Beautiful

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“I love fashion, I'm actually a pretty talented seamstress, so I can make stuff for myself, but that's really time-consuming.”

I Can Stuff Fashion Consuming Time Consuming Love Fashion I Love Fashion

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“I think reality television is such a special talent.”

Thinking Reality Special Talent Television Special Talents Reality Television

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About the Author

Born: December 5, 1968
Known for: Comedian
Quotes: 267

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