Tae Yun Kim Quotes
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All I did my first year at Vogue was Xerox.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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A poet who is a bad man is a degraded being, baser and more culpable than a bad man who is not a poet.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing.
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Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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'Nappy' is a state of mind, not an appearance.
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When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the team. It's different now.
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I could not finish the rest of the tours the band had planned. I was replaced by Matt Cameron. The next years of my life were about recovery, healing, and right living. I never lost the need to create.
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In Singapore, Malcolm X type of activity would be extremely difficult because the government can be very harsh on lawbreakers.
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We know over very national survival is at stake; and we believe that we should support our troops, yes, and work for an outcome that results in victory.
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Mankind is not special by virtue of our address in the universe, or what spins around us, or because life originated here. Slowly, but surely, we've been compelled to renounce the comfort of these beliefs.
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A pig's trotter is a fantastic thing. The first night of my honeymoon in Paris, my wife fell asleep in her steak tartare, so my trotter kept me company.
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I remember the first book I bought, when I was about 11... Dad said, 'What have you got that for? What are libraries for?'
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Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.
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I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.'
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The most miraculous process is watching a song go from a tiny idea in the middle of the night to something that 55,000 people are singing back to you.
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A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.
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Maintain a receptive attitude!
