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I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. -- David Bowie
Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports. -- Simon Mainwaring
I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we don't have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. We're very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food. -- Hugh Jackman
I like Korean employees and I like Korean tenants, -- Donald Sterling
So, I'm from the South. So I guess that makes me South Korean. -- Henry Cho
The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people. -- Paul Robeson
North Korea. Not only does North Korean have nuclear weapons, but their leadership appears to not be rational. -- Ted Lieu
The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower. -- Aly Khan
As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. -- Charles B. Rangel
As a Korean War veteran, I know firsthand and understand the sacrifices made by our men and women in uniform. -- Charles B. Rangel
The U.S. military was segregated 'til the Korean War, and the blacks in World War Two were totally segregated. -- Clint Eastwood
I'm smart cause I'm Korean, I'm not so smart cause I'm from the south. They cancel each other out, so I'm even. -- Henry Cho
I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them. -- Douglas MacArthur
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
In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in America, I'm a foreigner. I'm always a foreigner. -- Margaret Cho
To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government. -- Kim Dae Jung
So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future. -- Kim Dae Jung
When I was six, the Korean War broke out, and all the classrooms were destroyed by war. We studied under the trees or in whatever buildings were left. -- Ban Ki-moon
I love entertaining Korean people with traditional songs from Ecuador . It has been an exceptional, new experience for me to perform in Korea and I enjoyed so much. -- Jose Gonzalez
To honor the legacy of veterans and the democratic principles they fought for, I am glad that I introduced the Korean War Veterans Recognition Act which was enacted in 2009. -- Charles B. Rangel
I proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War as an artillery operations specialist in the all-black 503rd Field Artillery Battalion in the Second Infantry Division. -- Charles B. Rangel
Since the Korean War, U.S. and South Korea have established an enduring friendship with shared interests, such as denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, combating aggression abroad and developing our economies. -- Charles B. Rangel
Seen from the United States or Europe, Irans nuclear program often causes most concern, but from the perspective of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, the North Korean program is equally worrying. -- Yukiya Amano
Nothing is impossible for a man with a strong will. The possible is in store only for a man who loves the future. There is no word "impossible" in the Korean language. -- Kim Jong Il
My father's biggest achievement was to motivate the South Korean people, to show them we could become prosperous if we worked hard. He taught me to love my country, and serve my country. -- Park Geun-hye
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
That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition. -- Brian Reynolds Myers
I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?' -- Clint Eastwood
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
That is a reward that humbles me: the fact that immigrants coming to America, much like I did, can come into a Forever 21 and know that all of this was started by a simple Korean immigrant with a dream. -- Do Won Chang
All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service. -- Oliver North
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
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
And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon. -- Kim Dae Jung
When I was reading books for 'Seesaw Girl,' I came across several references to the fact that in the 11th and 12th centuries, Korean pottery was considered the finest in the world. I liked that - the idea of a little tiny country being the best at something. -- Linda Sue Park
I was drafted during the Korean War. -- Clint Eastwood
I escaped a North Korean prison camp -- Shindong
The endgame is peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula. -- Lee Myung-bak
I happen to have an obsession with Korean food. -- Nina Garcia
I want to help promote Korean music around the world. -- Swizz Beatz
Glory to the heroic soldiers of the Korean People's Army! -- Kim Jong Il
In the mid 1990s the Korean film industry was really open-minded. -- Bong Joon-ho
I will bring more Korean dance moves and Korean songs overseas. -- Psy
I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War. -- Daniel J. Evans
These Korean shopkeepers seem pretty angry at me for not being Korean. -- Stephen Schneider
In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas. -- Bong Joon-ho
40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight. -- Tom Lantos
I've read all of Sarah Waters's novels which have been translated into Korean. -- Park Chan-wook
Real philosophy is like trying to read an alarm system installation manual in Korean. -- Chris Hardwick
I'd rather be just a Korean musician as opposed to, you know, a K-Pop musician. -- Tablo
Korean cinema is very improvisational, and there is a unique power that stems from this. -- Bae Doona
Those North Korean hackers are at it again. Earlier today they leaked Santa's naughty list. -- David Letterman
After serving in the Korean War, I actually started working towards a master's degree in finance. -- John Cullum
Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war. -- Kim Jong-un
As a child growing up during the Korean War, I knew poverty. I studied by candlelight. -- Ban Ki-moon
Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders. -- Amanda Ripley
Women in Korean myths disappear after giving birth. The reason they were born is to produce sons. -- Kim Hyesoon
I'm really happy to see the explosion of interest in Korean food, and this hybrid Korean-American [food]. -- Anthony Bourdain
I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough. -- Min Jin Lee
Gaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors. -- Werner Herzog
To be honest, Im not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. -- Chang-Rae Lee
Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside. -- Hans Vestberg
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The problem is, then you see immigrants saving cities in Baltimore and you see 40 Korean groceries get burned down. -- Greg Gutfeld
The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. -- Ha-Joon Chang
Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il. -- Ed Royce
I don't think the current regime of South Korea will deal actively with the issue of North Korean defectors. -- Kim Young-sam
Korean feminism has been swept away by popular culture. It became a sort of old-fashioned trend or a joke. -- Kim Hyesoon
We must do all we can to help improve the deplorable human rights situation of the North Korean people. -- Evan Bayh
My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled. -- Chang-Rae Lee
One day is enough to master reading in Korean. Hangeul is a very scientific and convenient alphabet system for communication. -- J.M.G. Le ClÃ©zio
I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style. -- Laz Alonso
If a Korean artist reaches to the top, we're all ready to stand up and applaud for him or her. -- Psy
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Korean audiences are amazing. The fans scream so loud, and that really surprises skaters when they first perform in my shows. -- Kim Yuna
There is a lot of extreme emotion in Korean film. It's because there are a lot of extremes in Korean society. -- Bong Joon-ho
The mother's love for her child is very strong in Korean society - almost on the borderline of being an obsession. -- Bong Joon-ho
I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War. -- Clint Eastwood
When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury -- Lee Myung-bak
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
When I was growing up, we were taught in school that North Koreans, and especially the North Korean leadership, were all devils. -- Park Chan-wook
The kindness of strangers and the support of the international community are truly the rays of hope we North Korean people need. -- Lee Hyeon-seo
I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five. -- Steven Yeun
I'm Korean-American. Not Colombian. My parents are first-generation, and I'm like... in-between, because I moved over here when I was four or five. -- Steven Yeun
Unlike the Afghans and Iraqis, the South Korean people solidly supported the American military presence, which was part of a United Nations operation. -- John Eisenhower
The Korean War, which China entered on the side of North Korea, fixed Mao's image in the United States as another unappeasable Communist. -- Pankaj Mishra
I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so Ive always felt other. -- Gabrielle
In my creative films, if there was something, some humorous moment that is lost to a non-Korean speaking audience, I'll be very sad. -- Park Chan-wook
My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her about three years before I was born and that is how I grew up. -- Katherine Heigl
I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other. -- Gabrielle Zevin
If I had to speak in front of a Korean audience, I would be hard pressed to sound other than a little girl. -- An Na
Happy birthday to evil North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. He gathered family and friends together and celebrated by executing a few close friends. -- David Letterman
Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea. -- Rick Yune
Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German. A thousand. ... That is the end of the Great Divergence. -- Niall Ferguson
So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future. -- Kim Dae Jung
In Toronto and Los Angeles, too, there are a lot of Koreans - Koreatown, Korean markets. I feel like I'm at home and very comfortable. -- Kim Yuna
President Reagan rushed home from Santa Barbara vacation, from the Reagan ranch when the Korean jetliner was shot out of the air by the Russians. -- Kate Obenshain
I will keep the promise I made to you to open a new era on the Korean peninsula, based on strong security and trust-based diplomacy. -- Park Geun-hye
So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula. -- Kim Dae Jung
So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula. -- Kim Dae Jung
To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government. -- Kim Dae Jung
Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests. -- Dan Shechtman
It's very strange, for example, in North Korea where the volcano at the Chinese border is some sort of the mythical birthplace of the Korean people. -- Werner Herzog
Whether or not it is ultimately the best of all conceivable scripts for Korean, Hangeul must unquestionably rank as one of the great intellectual achievements of humankind. -- Geoffrey Sampson
Thanks to many great K-pop singers, the groundwork has been laid for more Korean songs to be readily accessible to an overseas audience via channels like YouTube. -- Psy
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As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention. -- Charles B. Rangel
For women in my family, in Korean culture, women are really valued in their youth, and then when they get older, it's like they almost become irrelevant. -- Margaret Cho
From now on, we're home schooling you. Whatever we don't know, you don't know. When did the Korean War start? I don't know, and neither do you! -- George Lopez
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism. -- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism. -- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
North Korean dictator Kim Jung Il may be stepping down. Yeah, experts in the State Department say he could be replaced by his son, Menta Li Ill. -- David Letterman
As a Korean War Veteran, I know too well the troubling nature of war. This is why I will always support a diplomatic answer before military intervention. -- Charles B. Rangel
If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim. -- Koichi Haraguchi
Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues, -- Junichiro Koizumi
I was a lost child. I wasn't accepted in the black community because I was Korean, and I wasn't accepted in the Korean community because I was black -- Hines Ward
I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist. -- Chang-Rae Lee
The Globe reports that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il raises money by selling fake Viagra pills. What it is about this guy? None of his missiles seem to launch. -- Jay Leno
So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime. -- Kim Dae-jung
I don't notice any sympathy for them in [ Nicholas Kristof] column. If you're writing a column saying the people for Trump are Nazis and Klansman and North Korean dictators. -- Tucker Carlson

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