Lee Hyeon-seo Quotes

When I explain to people what was the situation in North Korea, they think, how can such a country exist? They know North Korea is bad in some vague way, not clearly. But when we explain it, they then wonder how can a whole country be modern-day slaves?

Lee Hyeon-seo

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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'

P. J. O'Rourke
- Bad
- Interesting
- Write
I come from a country and also a continent whose identity is in the making. We're a very young culture, and I think that things are not yet crystallised.

Walter Salles
- Country
- Culture
- Identity
I design all my sets. With my tour and my album artwork, I co-design that with people who are better at drawing than me. But I've got a good imagination. I went to art school so I understand how to communicate my ideas.

Paloma Faith
- People
- Good
- School
Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.

Valerie Plame
- People
- True
- Wish
I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.

Idina Menzel
- People
- Men
- Women
I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- People
- Writing
- Political