So what you do [under apartheid system] is you convince black people that the reason they are being oppressed is because there… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“She taught me to challenge authority and question the system. The only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“The world has been taught to be scared of him, but the reality is that he is scared of the world because… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“The genius of apartheid was convincing people who were the overwhelming majority to turn on each other. Apart hate, is what it… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Soweto was designed to be bombed—that’s how forward-thinking the architects of apartheid were. The township was a city unto itself, with a… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“The fact that I grew up in a world run by women was no accident. Apartheid kept me away from my father… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
What the apartheid system was really good at doing was convincing groups to hate one another. — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“As the British Empire fell, the Afrikaner rose up to claim South Africa as his rightful inheritance. To maintain power in the… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“My family had been denied the things his family had taken for granted. I had a natural talent for selling to people, but without… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
When you see someone as a human being, you begin to understand most people are doing what they believe is right. I ask myself,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I guess that is the strange part of the human brain that people have studied for eons - is hatred and self-hatred. You can… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“Whilst my mother couldn't give me access to the world, she at least made sure to let me know it existed. A kid cannot… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“When you make the effort to speak someone else’s language, even if it’s just basic phrases here and there, you are saying to them,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I want to be in a position where I get to start off fresh. I don't have any preconceived notion of how I should… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
It's very rare to find a place where news itself has a political bent. Normally, let's say in the U.K. for instance, newspapers might… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I was lucky to come along for the ride. [My mother] really is an amazing woman. And the world we lived in in South… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost every single… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
If the police believed that they were planning any form of resistance against the state, then you were just gone. Nobody knew where you… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“I remember the thing that caused the trauma, but I don't hold on to the trauma. I never let the memory of something painful… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“Language brings with it an identity and a culture, or at least the perception of it. A shared language says “We’re the same.” A… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
My mom would spend a week in jail. She would spend a day in jail here - a week again, a week and a… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know - David Hasselhoff… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
“The hood was strangely comforting, but comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.” — Trevor Noah Copy Share
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