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Margaret Cho is an American comedian, actress, and writer known for her bold, socially conscious humor. Her work often addresses issues of race, sexuality, and identity, drawing from her own experiences as a Korean-American. She has become a prominent voice for LGBTQ rights and Asian-American representation in entertainment. Here are 283 of her quotes:

[on having a gay child] And the Three Wise Drag Queens would come, bearing gifts of 1000-thread-count sheets, hair products by Frédéric Fekkai, and a copy of the Immaculate Collection. (Margaret Cho)
We are no longer afraid to voice our opinions, to use our power, to pool our resources, to allow our differences to unite us instead of keeping us apart. View quote
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Having to remind others of your American status, fear of being connected to the enemy because of ancestral ties, the threat so prevalent that it makes you put not one but two giant flags outside is not right. View quote
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These new ways of looking at ourselves politically redefine what it means to be American. It took our until now, very passive identity and turned us all into revolutionaries. View quote
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What is needed now is action, not hopelessness. View quote
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There was never a lack of reasons to hate myself, to hate my body. View quote
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I could care less where my breasts are as long as they are on my body, ... and I'm sorry I just don't care that much about gravity.... My lawless, braless ways are rather outlaw. View quote
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I have so much hate that it has turned into love. View quote
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Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate. View quote
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I'm not going to die because I failed as someone else. I'm going to succeed as myself. View quote
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I have to watch the news and movies about the people who I am not, then translate my struggle in order to make it palatable for those people who don't have to march but are sympathetic to my voice. (Margaret Cho)
Like when Jay Leno made jokes about Koreans eating dog, but the hidden messages, our invisibility, is more harmful to us than any of those fools on "board." View quote
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Racism is one of the biggest taboos in our culture, yet most discrimination against Asian-Americans goes largely unnoticed...its blown off by the rest of the media as a joke, as in "Look at them. They get all up in arms over nothing." View quote
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People are surprised at the depth of resentment against Asian Americans, but it never shocks me. We are the object of hatred not only for the things we do but just being who we are, ching chong chinamen. View quote
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How many Americans lives have been lost in this brutal and needless war? How many Iraqi? How many names do we know on either side? View quote
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Whenever I get hate mail, the verbal assault is always racial. View quote
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We have allowed alarmist and racist attitudes to take us hostage, and if these impulses are not kept in check they will behead us all. View quote
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The amount of racism, sexism, homophobia, and hatred in general that lies beneath the surface of the American dream is astounding and serious. View quote
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When we never see who we are, never hear what we think about things, what we are doing as a group or what we are doing individually, then it is as if we are never there in the first place. Silence = Nonexistence. View quote
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We were taping the episodes of the show. I guess they had decided they could now fit my face onto a TV screen, and they wouldn't have to letterbox it. View quote
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I don't know how to find our voice. It catches in my throat when I try to use it. If I do manage to get something out, its met with very vocal opposition from all kinds of surprising sources. (Margaret Cho)
Talking to John Kerry is like talking to an Ent. You know, the tree people from Lord of the Rings...[imitating an Ent] I believe that all Americans should have affordable healthcare... View quote
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A Korean reporter once asked me, "Do you think your Korean parents are ashamed because you talk about what you talk about on stage?" I said, "I don't think they're ashamed because they're Korean. I think any parents would be ashamed." View quote
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Do I look like a happy-ending to you? View quote
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I want morning-after pills more than over the counter; I want morning-after pills with my check at dinner. I want morning-after pills on my hotel pillow when I go to bed at night. View quote
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Margaret Cho

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Photo: Derek Nicoletto, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Comedian
Born: December 5, 1968
Quotes count: 283
Wikipedia: Margaret Cho

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