Korea Quotes - Page 8

• Occasionally, the horrors of life in North Korea do show up in our American satire.

  Jennifer Armintrout

  Horror, Satire, Shows

  "The Elephant in The Interview" by Jenny Trout, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2014.

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• It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to Iran and Georgia and then where? To Syria? To North Korea? To China? That we in America are in economic doldrums and are seeing small businesses fold and houses reclaimed by banks and a smouldering panic that is palpable everywhere.

  Richard Schiff

  War, America, Iran

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you've become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that's the height of intelligence.

  Alice Walker

  Baby, Believe, Thinking

  "No retreat" by Sara Wajid, www.theguardian.com. December 14, 2006.

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• The shimmering, lucid tones and silver melancholy of I'll Be Right There give readers a South Korea peopled with citizens fighting for honor and intellectual freedom, and longing for love and solace. Kyung-Sook Shin's characters have unforgettable voices-it's no wonder she has so many fans.

  Susan Straight

  Character, Fighting, Voice

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• Krys Lee has written a book of unforgettable stories, each one building on the other to create a complex, moving portrait of contemporary Korea and its diaspora. She guides us surely through the fallout of war, immigration, and financial crisis, always alert to the possibility of tenderness, transcendence, and even humor along the way. Lee is a writer who really understands loneliness, but her voice is so appealing, and her perceptions so wise, that we feel all the less lonely for knowing her characters and experiencing their lives.

  Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

  Wise, Lonely, War

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• South Korea at the end of the Second World War had a very low level of literacy. But suddenly, like in Japan, they determined they were going in that direction. In 20 years' time, they had transformed themselves. So when people go on saying that it's all because of perennial culture, which you cannot change, that's not the way the South Korean economy was viewed before the war ended. But again within 30 years, people went on saying there's an ancient culture in Korea that has been pro-education, which is true.

  Amartya Sen

  War, Japan, Years

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've been to Uganda and to North Korea and to Eritrea, countless horror spots around the world.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Uganda, Eritrea, World

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• Gee, I never thought I had an effect on people until I was in Korea.

  Marilyn Monroe

  People, Effects

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• Endless praise and adoration, limitless abnegation and abjection of self; a celestial North Korea.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Self, Abjection, Limitless

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.64, Basic Books

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• Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said any assumption that the US would not use force against North Korea would be a mistake. Such bellicosity frightens liberals. The left's reaction to nutty despots is: he might hit me, so I'll be nice. Rumsfeld's idea is: He'll hit me? Maybe I'll hit him. The beauty of that approach cannot be denied.

  Ann Coulter

  Mistake, Nice, Ideas

  Ann Coulter (2003). “Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism”, p.304, Crown Forum

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• States like (Iraq, Iran, & North Korea), and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.

  George W. Bush

  Axes, Iran, Iraq

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• In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak.Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores.

  Harry S. Truman

  Strong, Fall, Communist Leaders

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• I'm beginning to think theres more freedom in North korea sometimes than there is in the United States.

  Mike Huckabee

  Thinking, United States, Sometimes

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• Our challenge is much more pervasive than it would be if we were just facing one enemy in one place. [Instead there is] the Middle East, Iraq, North Korea, Iran. There's a relatively long list that we believe are linked to the al Qaeda network in the Philippines, in Indonesia and in Yemen and other places. That makes it very clear that this is a global network.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Iran, Iraq

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• We know North Korea has the plutonium that can go into the bomb.

  Mohamed ElBaradei

  Bombs, Plutonium, Knows

  "North Korea an 'imminent threat'". Interview with Christiane Amanpour, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2005.

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• South Korea's investment in Russia has not been smooth, ... Korea had planned to carry out 126 investment projects worth 273 million, but in reality, only 91 projects worth 137 million are under way.

  Vladimir Putin

  Reality, Russia, Way

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• North Korea threatened to attack if Sony Pictures released The Interview, forcing us all to pretend that we wanted to see it.

  Tina Fey

  Interviews, Sony, Wanted

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• I don't want anything bad to happen to the United States, but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God, I hope it lands in Hartford.

  Dave Chappelle

  Country, Swear To God, Land

  "After Dave Chappelle Hates On Hartford, Who's To Blame?". www.npr.org. September 6, 2013.

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• The discovery there is no god is a great relief, because if there were, it would be like living in a celestial North Korea if there was one. You would never be able to escape.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Discovery, Religion, Relief

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• The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry on the battlefields of Korea … are writing a brilliant record of achievement in battle and I am proud indeed to have them in this command. I wish that we might have many more like them.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Writing, Achievement, Wish

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• From the prophets' dreams of the time when nations would beat their swords into plowshares to today's aspirations of a nuclear-weapons-free world, we have sought to avoid armed conflict and not yield to despair in the search for universal peace. The nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea, and terrorists can only be overcome through international cooperation. We call upon Congressional leaders and those worldwide to join together to ensure the fulfillment of these long-overdue initiatives and the achievement of a safer future without nuclear weapons.

  David Saperstein

  Dream, Religious, Yield

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• To make revolution in Korea we must know Korean history and geography as well as the customs of the Korean people. Only then is it possible to educate our people in a way that suits them and to inspire in them an ardent love for their native place and their motherland.

  Kim Il-sung

  People, Inspire, Suits

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• What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of people's trust in North Korea has gone down considerably.

  Lee Myung-bak

  People, Majority, Nuclear

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• My wife, well she has extensive experience, because before becoming the first lady, she was the wife of the CEO of a large conglomerate. So I have very high hopes that she will carry out her job successfully as first lady of the Republic of Korea.

  Lee Myung-bak

  Jobs, Wife, Republic

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 18, 2008.

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• The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear alone. America needs a strong and effective U.N. I want to work with this new Congress to pay our dues and our debts. We must continue to support security and stability in Europe and Asia - expanding NATO and defining its new missions, maintaining our alliance with Japan, with Korea, with our other Asian allies, and engaging China.

  William J. Clinton

  Strong, Europe, Play

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999”, p.68, Best Books on

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