Chang-Rae Lee Quotes
What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more?
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We don't really think that much about what we do; it's just fun.
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If I had to pick one social action I could encourage all my friends, family and fans to do, it would be to teach a child. One, to educate them about good music, but two, because that kind of relationship helps build a bond. When you share music with somebody, that then becomes your link to them. Music is what connects a lot of us, over borders.
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We can all be more consistently involved in missionary work by replacing our fear with real faith.
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Now you are meeting another Lauryn, so it's good to be reintroduced.
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Little children require their parent's unqualified love in order to survive and feel secure. Very soon, however, they need a tempered version of that devotion- parents who can give them the freedom to fail or feel sorrow or taste frustration, to fully experience their own pain and pleasure and learn from them. Therapists call this phenomenon "ownership".
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I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on New World. I will be a man in one month’s time exactly.
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It is written in the code of love: He who strikes the blow is himself struck down.
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Most British newspapers now have more columns than the Acropolis
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Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak.
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A good thing never ends.
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Once you have done with school, you realise that it is just a smaller version of life, and really I have felt that I should have been an adult since I was aged about five.
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I went to public school up until junior high.
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We're not amazed, to say the least. We are enthralled by it, and it's a beautiful thing to see, but it's something that we've grown accustomed to over the years.
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The worst part of getting close to someone is the part when you have to miss them.
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That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.
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We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.
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People who can't rely on their wits and intelligence to reach success -- that's not what government is about, and that's not what I want.
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There are three ways you can get along with a girl: one, shut up and listen to what she has to say; two, tell her you like what she's wearing; and three, treat her to really good food...If you do all that and still don't get the results you want, better give up.
