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I think all of us should seek help, and not help is in a - you know, help shouldn't be seen as a frightening thing. Help shouldn't be seen as a weak thing.

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Trevor Noah
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: February 20
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Johannesburg
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South Africa
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[My mother] wanted to go as deep as possible into the world of religion. And that took her into Judaism.
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I became a chameleon. My color didn't change. But I could change your perception of my color.
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[ My mother] went, OK, I've read the Bible. I've read the Bible again. I'm reading the Bible again. OK, let me - where does this Bible come from? What does this Old Testament speak - who are the Israelites? Who - what is Judaism? And then she went, and I'm going to study that. And, you know, she wanted to almost get to the core.
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Living with my mom, I saw how she used language to cross boundaries, handle situations, navigate the world.
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As an outsider myself, I always mixed myself with different groups...I've never been afraid to go into a different space and relate to those people, because I don't have a place where I belong and that means I belong everywhere.
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