Smaller incidents in my life made me realize that language, even more than color, defines who you are to people. — Trevor Noah Color Copy Share Image
“You separate people into groups and make them hate one another so you can run them all. At” — Trevor Noah Hate 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 America 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 Book Copy Share Image
Even now in America, you know, when people say they hate immigrants, they're not referring to a Canadian immigrant. You know, they're… — Trevor Noah Accents 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
“Because racism exists, and you have to pick a side. You can say that you don’t pick sides, but eventually life will… — Trevor Noah Life Copy Share Image
I existed in a space where my mother was a black woman and my father was a white man. And that's how… — 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 always say to people, you know - someone goes, oh, well, what are you going to do about terrorist attacks and… — Trevor Noah Fear Copy Share Image
In America, to have news that has explicitly taken a position is a very strange place to be in, and it's a… — Trevor Noah America Copy Share Image
“We were in a shop once, and the shopkeeper, right in front of us, turned to his security guard and said, in… — Trevor Noah Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“They were like, “Trevor, you have to ask her. You’re the only two. It’s your responsibility.” It was like our species was… — Trevor Noah Life 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
“Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate… — Trevor Noah Hate Copy Share Image
“My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I… — Trevor Noah Nonfiction Copy Share Image
“If you think too much about the ass-kicking your mom gave you, or the ass-kicking that life gave you, you’ll stop pushing… — Trevor Noah Breaking the rules Copy Share Image
Our go-to source is no longer dictated by a small group of cable news outlets. We have to expand our view. Sometimes,… — 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… — Trevor Noah Language Copy Share Image
I don't think I, myself, am personally afraid. I do worry for the press, though, because Donald Trump has shown himself to… — 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 Biography 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.… — Trevor Noah Brain Copy Share Image
I think when you look at religion, you look at where Christianity came from. You know, my mom delved deeper into that.… — Trevor Noah Catholic Copy Share Image
I knew of like - I remember, for most of my life, I grew up, and "Knight Rider" was, you know -… — Trevor Noah Character Copy Share Image
“He has no education. He has no skills. He doesn't know what to do, where to be. The world has been taught… — Trevor Noah Biography Copy Share Image
We always look at gerrymandering and what it has done to voting in America, but what I realized the other day is… — Trevor Noah America Copy Share Image
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
“In American, the history of racism is taught like this: 'There was slavery and then there was Jim Crow and then there… — Trevor Noah Biography Copy Share Image
“Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!” was the chant they would rally to during the freedom struggle. “When you strike a woman, you strike a rock.”… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I actually think this whole Brexit thing in the U.K. was a welcome example of being straightforward. With the candidates pulling out… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
In an American context, let's say gay rights or marriage policy - that's a progressive thing. I understand that in an American… — Trevor Noah Gay Copy Share Image
When Donald Trump won the election because when I came into the show, I said, I think this guy can win. This… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
“It’s no coincidence that nearly every major black leader of the anti-apartheid movement, from Nelson Mandela to Steve Biko, was educated by… — Trevor Noah Free man Copy Share Image
“Growing up the way I did, I learned how easy it is for white people to get comfortable with a system that… — Trevor Noah White people 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 Along for the ride Copy Share Image
“The reason for this was that the South African government wanted to establish good relations with the Japanese in order to import… — Trevor Noah Japanese Copy Share Image
“But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question… — Trevor Noah Failure Copy Share Image
The police didn't afford you a phone call. You just disappeared for a while. And what was scary was we lived in… — 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 People 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 Apartheid Copy Share Image
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