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,… — 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… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
America is the one place in the world where I just innately understood [that] South Africa and the United States of America… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
In my world, a woman was the most powerful thing that I knew. Still is. A woman made the money in my… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I speak English, obviously, Afrikaans, which is a derivative of Dutch that we have in South Africa. And then I speak African… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“Try being a white person who adopts the trappings of black culture while still living in the white community. You will face… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
People were encouraged to snitch. [South Africa] was a police state, so there were police everywhere. There were undercover police. There were… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I know that in South Africa, we were in that space, and we're still suffering from that space. And that was where… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The police [in South Africa] would check in on you randomly. And they would come into the house, and they would look… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
This is the Immorality Act of 1927.To prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between Europeans and natives and other acts in relation thereto. Be… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I don't even remember hearing about [Immorality Act of 1927]. I just knew about it. I was born into it, so I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Nelson Mandela was in jail when I was really young, and Winnie Mandela was one of the biggest faces of the movement.… — 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 Image
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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