Lee Myung-bak Quotes
When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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In captivity, one loses every way of acting over little details which satisfy the essentials of life. Everything has to be asked for: permission to go to the toilet, permission to ask a guard something, permission to talk to another hostage - to brush your teeth, use toilet paper, everything is a negotiation.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.
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I've always been very in tune to my voice and to other people's voices and how they express themselves vocally. And I always loved accents and dialects - I collected them like stamps.
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If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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When I started doing projects for TV, I made sure to participate in the brainstorming sessions.
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Jesus was nothing like I thought - He wasn't condemning. He was loving and leading.
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I've seen the human condition under the most trying of circumstances.
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My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.
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When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.
