BoA (Kwon Bo-ah) Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to get rich is glorious' is really a new phenomenon. I certainly didn't grow up like that.
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There is no better high than discovery.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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During the Cold War, the United States took its friends where it found them. If they were willing to cast their lot with us, from the Shah to Gen. Pinochet, we welcomed them. Democratic dissidents like Jawaharlal Nehru in India and Olof Palme in Sweden got the back of our hand.
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The fans treated me royally.
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The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect. I don't like Rod Laver because he's such a vicious competitor, but I don't dislike him.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us.
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When I talk about the end of apartheid, I prefer not to claim the honor that I have ended it.
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I've still got a small fitness and conditioning business where I travel round the world doing stuff for individuals and corporations, mainly fitness training.
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One year, I was a patron of a new opera. It was, to put it kindly, unpleasant to the ear. The friends I went with hated it. Keeping quiet about my contribution, I was outed when one of them, reading the program at the restaurant during dinner, saw my name.
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More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.
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I'm really, really emotional.
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I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.
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If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.
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Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader.
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My advice on getting a raise is what everybody's advice is: to become a confident negotiator; but that is so hard. My admiration for women who are good at that is unbridled. Women in general have a harder time talking about money with their bosses.
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The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse.
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Working ten times as hard will make you twice as good.
