Margaret Cho - I'm the One That I Want (2000)

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He spoke of us as if we were a kind of New Age Zelda and F. Scott — diving into the hotel fountains without care or repercussions, thinking we were beautiful and damned when actually we were just okay-looking and pathetic.

Margaret Cho

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

No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives.... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy, and you are being worshiped like the false idol you are, how do you leave the stage and transition back into real life?... What is there left to do but set yourself on fire?

Margaret Cho

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

We must know who we are, so we can know what we want, so we don't end up wanting the wrong thing and get it and realize we don't want it, because by then it's too late. We are powerful enough that we can manifest anything into our lives. To use this power with great care and love is the secret to living a happy life.

Margaret Cho