Lee Myung-bak Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.
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I like to wear shoes that are cool but also practical. The same goes for bags. Your bag is a big deal in New York. You can't just carry around a little clutch, because you don't have a car or anywhere to stash things during the day, so you need to carry your whole life with you. That's why I like big, chunky bags with lots of compartments.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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If you go to an elite school where the other students in your class are all really brilliant, you run the risk of mistakenly believing yourself to not be a good student.
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off.
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Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there... If you're working correctly, the feeling doesn't wander about.
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The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
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I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.
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I still believe in the power of government to make lives better, and I believe that if someone is willing to take a stand, other people will follow.
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Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy.
