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title: "4 Closets Quotes By Margaret Cho"
description: "4 Closets quotes by Margaret Cho. Plus more from Margaret Cho and more Closets sayings from other authors."
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> [I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-have-a-box-of-awards-in-the-closet-i-think-it-is-weird-to-put-them/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/margaret-cho-1136_awards_i-have-a-box-of-awards-in-the-closet-i-t_707983.png)

> [I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-i-started-out-okay-but-with-aids-came-a-great-deal-of-silence/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6f/margaret-cho-1136_aids_i-think-i-started-out-okay-but-with-aids_1944577.png)

> [If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/if-public-figures-came-out-of-the-closet-then-the-lgbt-kids-who-saw/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/margaret-cho-1136_agree_if-public-figures-came-out-of-the-closet_2670336.png)

> [People at shows have told me that they've shown my videos to their parents and families to help them come out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/people-at-shows-have-told-me-that-they-ve-shown-my-videos-to-their/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/margaret-cho-1136_can-do_people-at-shows-have-told-me-that-they-v_2711101.png)

## Other authors on Closets

## More by Margaret Cho

> [As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/as-a-child-i-had-a-lot-of-older-gay-men-taking-care-of-me-there-s-a/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [I'm super-obsessed with 'Intervention.' I wrote a song about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-super-obsessed-with-intervention-i-wrote-a-song-about-it/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [I have 3 dogs myself - I actually have a kennel license in order to do so. I love them so much I couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-have-3-dogs-myself-i-actually-have-a-kennel-license-in-order-to-do/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-self-deprecation-is-such-a-disease-and-i-want-to-cure/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [I don't like pot anymore -- I forget why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-don-t-like-pot-anymore-i-forget-why/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-m-not-a-mom-but-i-think-the-word-mother-is-about-wisdom/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/that-we-are-selfish-gives-us-the-opportunity-to-gain-the-power-so/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/why-can-t-all-different-types-of-women-be-considered-beautiful-why/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-think-that-failure-is-just-as-important-as-success-in-a-way-failure/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/i-could-never-make-a-joke-about-somebody-unless-i-could-say-it-to/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/sometimes-when-we-are-generous-in-small-barely-detectable-ways-it-can/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [ Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right \[in the USA\], is something that cannot be denied. It's also very… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/something-as-important-as-marriage-equality-which-is-now-a/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/it-s-not-the-best-between-my-family-and-me-there-are-so-many-crimes/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [It's okay for you to have relationships, but it's not okay to talk about them. It's not okay to be out or to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/it-s-okay-for-you-to-have-relationships-but-it-s-not-okay-to-talk/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

> [My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/my-attitude-toward-peace-does-not-depend-on-which-war-we-are/)

[Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/)

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