That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what we have learned. To teach what we know, and shorten the journey for those who will come after us. Margaret Cho More Quotes by Margaret Cho More Quotes From Margaret Cho Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. Margaret Cho suicidal kindness reality I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said, “I’m beautiful because I love everybody as much as I can. I’m beautiful because I have wonderful friends. And I’m beautiful because I say I am. I’ve earned it, and I’m gonna be it. Margaret Cho wonderful-friends attitude beautiful I love tattooed women, maybe because they are uncontrollable, they are themselves to the point of drawing symbols of their power on their skin. Talk about owning your own body, being in your body, claiming yourself. I love it. When the world is in an uproar over whether women should have a choice or not when it comes to their own bodies, being tattooed is one of the most visible choices of all. Margaret Cho drawing choices should-have I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form. Margaret Cho outsiders art thinking Love is the big booming beat which covers up the noise of hate. Margaret Cho cover-ups hate love It's hard to find peace with your thighs, but when they chafe, try to be grateful for them. Your thighs let you run and get you where you want to go. I have not just thigh peace but thigh happiness, and it begins with thigh gratitude. Margaret Cho gratitude running happiness The power of visibility can never be underestimated. Margaret Cho visibility underestimated Sexual fulfillment goals, to make them happen, you have to work on them as a project. I don't think it's a bad thing. Margaret Cho projects goal thinking You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angry and bitter. Margaret Cho teeth baby fall Since I became a dancer, I have felt much better about myself. Margaret Cho dancer felt Thankfully, beauty is easier to remove than apply, and a swipe of demaquillage in the right direction and you are you once again. Margaret Cho right-direction remove easier Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color. Margaret Cho political color silence 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 Margaret Cho sadness pain fighting 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. Margaret Cho love-yourself today war The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass. Margaret Cho inspirational-weight-loss dieting brain When I do an Asian character or an Asian voice I'm doing one because that's my heritage and my family and where I come from. My family is of Korean descent and specifically North Korean descent. So it makes sense for me to talk about that issue because it's the only weapon I have to somehow avenge my family and my history. Margaret Cho issues voice character Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist. Margaret Cho blind doe mean My boyfriend and I live together, which means we don't have sex - ever. Now that the milk is free, we've both become lactose intolerant. Margaret Cho boyfriend mean sex People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in. Margaret Cho being-alone lonely loneliness I'm really bad with trolls because I have a lot of really intense friends who are not necessarily doing things so legally. If I get trolled, [my friends will send me] an email with the person's Social Security number, phone number, pictures of his family, his business, his spouse. I see this person in his totality, and I feel so bad. I shouldn't have that power. Margaret Cho email phones numbers
