Korean Quotes

For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.

Kim Yuna

Long, Goal, Skating

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In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate.

Noah Feldman

War, Korea, President

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Even monkeys fall from trees.

Chris Bradford

Fall, Tree, Monkeys

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It's not worth comparing; Kara and SNSD are both Korean girl groups. I'm proud that Korean girl groups are being recognized in Japan Everyone has their preferences. There are people who like SNSD and there are people who like Kara.

Seohyun

Girl, Japan, People

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I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can be safely done.

John Conyers

War, Iraq, Support

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Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church.

Sandra Oh

Church

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North Korea. Not only does North Korean have nuclear weapons, but their leadership appears to not be rational.

Ted Lieu

Korea, Weapons, Doe

"Congress at War". www.politico.com. July, 2015.

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It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.

Hark-Joon Lee

Stars, Reality, Rights

"This journalist didn’t just interview North Korean defectors, he followed them on their escape". Interview with Anna Fifield, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2015.

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The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people.

Paul Robeson

War, People, Korean War

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Wow, bad news. Mr. Obama now hates Israel because the Israelis want to build 1,600 apartments in their own capital city, Jerusalem. Russia hates Israel, too. So do the Europeans. So does Ban Ki-moon, a Korean who is secretary-general of the UN.

Ben Stein

Hate, Moon, Russia

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Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the endgame in Vietnam when Gen. William Westmoreland, the top commander in Vietnam, requested 240,000 more troops in 1968 for the prolonged war that also could not be won.

Helen Thomas

War, Order, Troops

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On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans.

J. Philippe Rushton

Average, Chinese, Different

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Because of the Korean free trade agreement, South Koreans who want Oregon blueberries are gonna see their prices go down because we will be getting rid of a 45 percent tariff on this Oregon product.

Ron Wyden

Agreement, Oregon, Want

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The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about the way we have been doing business for 50 years, and it may well be time to grant the French, Canadians, Germans, Turks, South Koreans, and a host of others their wishes for independence from us: polite friendship - but no alliances, no bases, no money, no trade concessions, and no more begging for the privilege of protecting them.

Victor Davis Hanson

Years, People, Independence

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The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession.

Bong Joon-ho

Mother, Strong, Children

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They don't like anyone who isn't Korean, and they don't like each other all that much, either. They're hardheaded, hard-drinking, tough little bastards, 'the Irish of Asia'.

P. J. O'Rourke

Drinking, Littles, Asia

P.J. O'Rourke (2012). “Holidays in Hell”, p.47, Atlantic Books Ltd

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It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.

John Bolton

People, Kim, Blame

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I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.

Hans Blix

Thinking, Together, Middle East

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China pays a great deal of attention to the Korean nuclear issue. We stand for achieving denuclearization of the peninsula in a peaceful way through dialogue and consultation to maintain peace and stability of the peninsula and Northeast Asia.

Hu Jintao

Issues, Peaceful, Nuclear

The Wall Street Journal Interview, www.wsj.com. January 18, 2011.

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In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded.

Bong Joon-ho

Open Minded, Film, Industry

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As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform.

Charles Rangel

War, Sacrifice, Men

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I'm mildly obsessed with skin care. I do a lot of masks at home, like Elisha Coy's Korean Collagen masks. I also use an embarrassingly wide variety of facial creams.

Nina Arianda

Home, Skins, Use

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I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.

Bong Joon-ho

Mother, Important, Culture

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In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas.

Bong Joon-ho

Strong, Film, Tradition

Interview with Brent Simon, www.ign.com. March 08, 2007.

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Real philosophy is like trying to read an alarm system installation manual in Korean.

Chris Hardwick

Philosophy, Real, Trying

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