Chang-Rae Lee Quotes
I really try to forget. I only look at my old works if there's an interview and someone asks me about it. Otherwise, it's not even in the rearview mirror.
Quotes to Explore
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With the right support, a child growing up in a dysfunctional household, who was destined for a lifetime on benefits could be put on an entirely different track - one which sees them move into fulfilling and sustainable work. In doing so, they will pull themselves out of poverty.
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The seasons and the years came and went...and always...one was, as the crow flies, about 2,000 km away - but from where? - and day by day hour by hour, with every beat of the pulse, one lost more and more of one's qualities, became less comprehensible to oneself, increasingly abstract.
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The subconscious mind has no sense of humor and people often joke themselves into unhappy experiences.
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Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.
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The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.
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News photography teaches you to think fast.
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Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.
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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
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One of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing that.
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I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
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To arrive where you are, to get from where you are not / You must go by a way wherein there is no ecstasy.
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Mortals seldom know how greatly they are influenced by fairies, knooks and ryls, who often put thoughts into their heads that only the wise little immortals could have conceived.
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Hillary Clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.
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If you find my stories dirty, the society you are living in is dirty. With my stories, I only expose the truth
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If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.
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It is a great comfort to a rambling people to know that somewhere there is a permanent home--perhaps it is the most final of the comforts they ever really know.
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I really try to forget. I only look at my old works if there's an interview and someone asks me about it. Otherwise, it's not even in the rearview mirror.
