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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.

Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 5
Comedian
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San Francisco County
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I want Jesus to come back and say 'THATS NOT WHAT I MEANT' -
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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.
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