Margaret Cho: Doing

Margaret Cho is American stand-up comedian. Explore interesting quotes on doing.

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“If you are not a feminist, you do not deserve to live. Do you think you grew out of the ground?”

From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, FEMINISM

“No matter what these terrorists do, I refuse to be terrorized. All this requires is just a few alterations in our day to day lives. For example, my first instinct when I receive an envelope full of white powder…is to snort it! I just won't do that this time!”

From Her Tours and CDs, The Notorious C.H.O. Tour

“This old fellow came up to me and asked, "Excuse me, are you Japanese?" No, I'm Korean. "Oh, really, that's very interesting, because I was looking at you and I knew you were not Filipino. I have many Filipino friends and you do not look like them because you're very HUSKY!!" Is that supposed to be some kind of a compliment? "Oh, no, it's not bad, you're very strong, very HUSKY!"”

From Her Tours and CDs, Drunk With Power CD

“Swept up in a grand illusion that I might be able to eat, have a roof over my head, own some pretty dresses and realize, in a vastly heady way, that I could make a living doing my art, which was the only dream I ever had, what could I say but "Yes, where do I sign?"”

From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, FOLLOWING YOUR DREAMS

“We have no idea what our nation is doing in our name. I don't want to be anyone's captor, anyone's torturer.”

From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, NATIONALISM

“It was hard for me to do the show (All-American Girl) because a lot of people didn't even understand the concept of Asian-American. I was on a morning show and the host said, "Awright, Margaret, we're changing over to an ABC affiliate! So why don't you tell our viewers in your native language that we're making that transition?" So I looked at the camera and said, "Um, they're changing over to an ABC affiliate."”

From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour

“I knew I was crazy because I was watching Jesus Christ Superstar and the part where Jesus carries the cross up the mountain, I actually said to myself, "Wow! That must be a really good workout! Yeah, because you're doing arms and cardio!"”

From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour

“[quoting her producer] "The network is concerned. They're concerned about the fullness of your face. They think you're really overweight and you're going to have to do something about it." I didn't know what to say to that. I always thought I was decent looking; I had no idea that I was a giant face taking over America! HERE COMES THE FACE!!”

From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour

“What people need to understand is pussy is the Front Door to Life. Do you get that? Nobody ever thinks about it like that in the dusty ancient cabinet of old white men that think they know everything.”

From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, FEMINISM

“I had a colonic irrigation in this clinic in Santa Monica, because people in Los Angeles cannot do anything for themselves, much less take a shit.”

From Her Tours and CDs, The Notorious C.H.O. Tour

“So from the age of 10, I became anorexic, and then bulimic, and then stayed that way for about 20 years, until one day I just said, "Hey, what if this is it? What if this is just what I look like and nothing I do changes that? So how much time would I save if I stopped taking that extra second every time I look in the mirror to call myself a big fat fuck? How much time would I save if I just let myself walk by a plate-glass window without sucking in my gut and throwing back my shoulders? How much time would I save?"”

And it turns out I save about 97 minutes a week. I can take a pottery class.
From Her Tours and CDs, The Notorious C.H.O. Tour