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 feeling of losing oneself in somebody's arms, yet at the same time finding oneself there, is irreplaceable. Nothing compares to the intensity of that feeling.
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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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Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in daily life that when people are inquisitive they nearly always have bad memories and are usually stupid at bottom.
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What intrigues us as a problem, and what will satisfy us as a solution, will depend upon the line we draw between what is already clear and what needs to be clarified.
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The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside.
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Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.
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The Church must take right ground in regard to politics... Politics are a part of a religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as part of their duty to God... God will bless or curse this nation, according to the course Christians take in politics.
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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.
