So what you do [under apartheid system] is you convince black people that the reason they are being oppressed is because there are some within their community who just can't behave. And if only they could behave, then everyone else… — 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 knowledge and resources, where was that going to get me? People always lecture the poor: “Take responsibility for yourself! Make something of yourself!” But with what raw materials are the poor to make something of themselves?… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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