Margaret Cho: Zitate auf Englisch
“Bush is not Hitler. He would be if he applied himself.”
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, WAR
From Her Tours and CDs, The Notorious C.H.O. Tour
Kontext: “And I have a lot of self-esteem, which is amazing, because I’m probably somebody who wouldn’t necessarily have a lot of self esteem as I am considered a minority and if you are a woman, if you are a person of color, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. And it's going to be really hard to find messages of self-love and support anywhere. Especially women's and gay men's culture. It's all about how you have to look a certain way, or else you're worthless. You know, when you look in the mirror and think, ‘Ugh, I'm so ugly, I'm so fat, I'm so old.’ Don't you know that's not your authentic self? But that is billions upon billions of dollars of advertising. Magazines, movies, billboards, all geared to make you feel shitty about yourself, so that you will take your hard earned money and spend it at the mall on some turn-around crème that doesn't turn around shit. If you don't have self-esteem, you will hesitate before you do anything in your life. You will hesitate to go for the job you want to go for. You will hesitate to ask for a raise. You will hesitate to call yourself an American. You will hesitate to report a rape. You will hesitate to defend yourself when you are discriminated against because of your race, your sexuality, your size, your gender. You will hesitate to vote; you will hesitate to dream. For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution, and our revolution is long overdue.
From Her Tours and CDs, The Notorious C.H.O. Tour
Quelle: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight
“Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.”
Quelle: I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight
“I’m not going to die because I failed as someone else. I’m going to succeed as myself.”
And I'm gonna stay here and rock the mike until the next Korean-American, fag hag, shit starter, girl comic, trash talker comes up and takes my place!
From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour
I...was so...hungry.
From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour
Oh my God! What did you do?! Suddenly I felt like I was running around like this tyrant, all drunk with power- "Nobody can call me fat on this set!"
From Her Tours and CDs, Drunk With Power CD
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, ACTIVISM
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, INVISIBILITY
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, INVISIBILITY
“One of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat.”
From Her Tours and CDs, I'm The One That I Want Tour
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, RACISM AND CIVIL RIGHTS
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, WAR
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, ACTIVISM
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, MENTAL COLONIZATION
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, ACTIVISM
From Her Tours and CDs, Revolution Tour
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, ACTIVISM
From Her Tours and CDs, Drunk With Power CD
From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, RACISM AND CIVIL RIGHTS
“Monogamy is so weird. Like when you know their name and stuff.”
From Her Tours and CDs, Revolution Tour
