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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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“Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you'd never know it. Isn't that strange?”

Knows World Half Strange One Time Menstruation

Book:I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight

Source: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight

“That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us.”

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Book:I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight

Source: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight

“There's vulnerability - so I have to make sure the audience is certain that I know what I'm doing. There's vulnerability there because my heart is open, but at the same time I definitely have a lot of "weapons" at my disposal. I have all the language, I have all of the moment - I have all of that to spar with somebody, to take anything on.”

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“You have to have a very holler-y sensibility. So they [the audience] know there's something worth listening to.”

Knows Audience Listening Sensibility

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“I loved everything. I read everything. Art and poetry and literature and trash and sci fi. I didn't know what I would become yet and I needed to read to figure it out.”

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“People have a lot of shame and suffering around it and I felt that the best thing I could do was to share my experiences, which I have been doing for a long time, and let people know that of all the things that I've endured.”

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“I don't know why it's anyone's business! People do what they need to do. I did it, and it was nowhere near as traumatic as being raped. I was so numb for so long that sex work for me was not a big deal.”

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“I was in Toronto when they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome. I was in the airport and there were these big snowboarder guys and they had white masks around their necks, and as soon as they saw me, they put their masks on. So I went "cough, cough, cough... You wanna egg rorr?”

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Author:Margaret Cho

“We must know who we are, so we can know what we want, so we don't end up wanting the wrong thing and get it and realize we don't want it, because by then it's too late. We are powerful enough that we can manifest anything into our lives. To use this power with great care and love is the secret to living a happy life.”

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“Its funny because when I did feel like I came out and I just felt like I was being truthful to myself, (it was at) that point I became very successful. So you know, it took a true kind of facing that truth of myself and being honest, that was when the real kind of fame or whatever that kind of stuff happened for me.”

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Author:Margaret Cho

“As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls and old gay men together - there's a safety. They make a shield from all of the bad things they've experienced in the world. They make a home together. There are no songs about that. I don't know if you remember, but there was a show a long time ago called 'Love, Sidney.'”

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“I don't like catchphrases either. A current one would be, "Bye, Felicia." It's used so much that we don't even know the origin anymore.”

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“A lot of the actresses who were around when I started, I don't know where they are. Comics stick around.”

Knows Sticks Actresses

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“When we're talking about feminism, I get sort of lost in the argument. Because as a woman of color, I don't know where I belong in this argument. Where do I say, 'I would be happy to have less money'? How do you fight for your rights when I'm super-grateful to be here at all?”

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“My family has been deeply affected by the split of Korea, which divided it in half, basically, before I was born. There's no way to connect with my family now who are in North Korea because it's so isolated. We don't even know who is still there and who is alive, and if they are, what they are doing. Comedy is the only weapon I have to battle this totalitarianism.”

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“My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within.”

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“People are really terrified of me. I don't know why, I'm very nice, but people are very intimidated by me.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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."”

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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.”

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“I think it is time for all babies to let us know who they want for president.”

Thinking Knows Want President Baby

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“Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.”

Knows Names Stuff Monogamy

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“I got back from Toronto, where they had a severe outbreak of SARS - you know, Severe Asian Racism Syndrome.”

Knows Racism Severe Asian Syndromes Toronto Outbreaks Sars

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About the Author

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

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