When I wrote the book, I thought that I was the hero of my story. And in writing it, I came to… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“I’ll never forget the first time I went to a fancy restaurant as a grown man and someone told me, “You have… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I'd get suspicious looks from people just walking down the streets. Where are you from? They'd ask. I'd reply in whatever language… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
At the same time, you had Barack Obama as a president. You had Hillary Clinton on track, all the Democrats looking good.… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“What I didn’t understand at the time was that the other kids genuinely had no clue what a white person was. Black… — 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
When I was learning how to box, that was the number one thing my trainer taught me. He said you can't get… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I think it's despicable. I also think it's frightening that we seem to live through history over and over again. And I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“So many black families spend all of their time trying to fix the problems of the past. That is the curse of… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I do feel like I have a sense of the times. A lot of the things America is experiencing now, I feel… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“-Why are you interrogating me? What's going on here? -Iwant to get to know you. -Is this how you normally get to… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
We all do that as human beings, you know? It's what my mom would call shopping on an empty stomach. You're going… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“I wasn't popular, but I wasn't an outcast. I was everywhere with everybody, and at the same time I was all by… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life I had money, and it was the most liberating thing in the world. The first… — 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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