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The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy. And it has a transformative power.

Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 5
Comedian
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San Francisco County
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My father tried to get me to be around gay people a lot when I was young. He owned a gay bookstore and it had a lot of gay literature and art books and he wanted me to be taken care of by the young gays and lesbians who worked for him.
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Let's not hate ourselves. We are all we have. ... I have been a longtime perpetrator of hate crimes against myself, and I am turning myself in. I have had enough.
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I'm lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.
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No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy, and you are being worshiped like the false idol you are, how do you leave the stage and transition back into real life? ... What is there left to do but set yourself on fire?
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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.
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I feel sorry for anyone that I am obsessed with. I am worse than gum in your hair, very, very close to the roots.
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I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It's never good to add to anybody else's suffering. It's an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of - dealing with dignity.
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I will never stop complaining.
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I urge you all today, especially today during these times of chaos and war, to love yourself without reservations and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather.
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That's part of being an artist you have to be that sensitive.
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I’m not playing the race card. I’m playing the rice card.
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I voice my opinions on social media and I have people threatening me with violence. It is troubling but I can fight back, which is good.
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Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.
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I don't want to bring myself down to place where there are hard and fast rules. In general I try to be compassionate, but that is dependent on the moment ultimately.
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My inclination during sex always is to use sex toys. That's not something men are often used to.
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It's not the best between my family and me. There are so many crimes left unpunished, debts unpaid, white elephants in the middle of the room that no one will even offer a peanut to. We are in the red, emotionally speaking.
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I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.
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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!
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I love heavily tattooed women. I imagine their lives are filled with sensuality and excess, madness and generosity, impulsive natures and fights. They look like they have endured much pain and sadness, yet have the ability to transcend all of it by documenting it on the body
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