You have to adhere to a certain morality, a certain level of decorum, or else you'll be punished and labeled. Margaret Cho More Quotes by Margaret Cho More Quotes From Margaret Cho I think that failure is just as important as success. In a way, failure is a kind of success if you can look at it in the right way, if you can accept it and enjoy it in the right way. Margaret Cho important leadership thinking To be a feminist is to be alive. Margaret Cho bad-ass feminist alive It’s like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else’s story. Margaret Cho batteries stories needs I don't like pot anymore -- I forget why. Margaret Cho forget pot That's part of being an artist; you have to be that sensitive. Margaret Cho being-an-artist sensitive artist 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 selfish journey opportunity 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. Margaret Cho had-enough crime hate Over half the world menstruates at one time or another, but you'd never know it. Isn't that strange? Margaret Cho strange half world I think white people like to tell Asian people how they should feel about race because they're too scared to tell black people. Margaret Cho race white thinking Pot is an insidious drug because it can steal your life away from you, without you even being aware of it. I had a love affair with pot for ten years. Pot was my most devoted partner. Margaret Cho affair drug years One of my first jobs was on a lesbian cruise. I was the ship comedian for the Lesbian Love Boat. Margaret Cho ships comedian jobs I do love the road, because for me, the road is very comfortable, and it's very much what I've always wanted to do. It's one of the most appealing things about comedy for me, so I do really have an affection for it. Margaret Cho affection comedy wanted My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did. Margaret Cho century struggle people Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is. Margaret Cho where-you-live heart I taught Sunday School for two years. And I got fired. I abused my authority. I used to teach class like this, "OK, if one more person talks, everybody is going to Hell." Margaret Cho sunday funny school My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs. Margaret Cho attitude war peace I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you. [...] I think that it's time to take this power into our own hands and to say, "You know what? I'm beautiful. I just am. And that's my light. I'm just a beautiful woman." Margaret Cho self-esteem beautiful inspirational You have to have a very holler-y sensibility. So they [the audience] know there's something worth listening to. Margaret Cho audience listening knows 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. Margaret Cho family elephants white The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me. Margaret Cho social easy stuff
