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I always thought the Vancouver Olympics would be my last destination, but I'm extending it to Sochi... I want to start anew, not as an Olympic medalist but just as yet another figure skater. Kim Yuna

Destination Thought Would Would-Be Vancouver Anew Another Always Just Want Skater Figure Extending Start Last Olympic Olympics

The Sochi Games is not only my second Olympics, but the 'retirement stage' for me, so I want to have a greater experience than any other competition before. In the past, I had strong concepts for short programs and lyrical ones for the long. But this time, it's the other way around. Kim Yuna

Time Me Experience Competition Strong Long Past Before Stage Other Programs Lyrical Way Only Had Retirement Concepts Greater Around Than Any Short Want In The Past Games Second Olympics

If I walk in the street in Korea, I am recognized. Kim Yuna

Walk Recognized Korea Am Street

When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. Kim Yuna

I think I'm a born athlete. My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating. Kim Yuna

Me Think Athlete Born Structure Perfect Skating Body Coaches Muscles

If, by any chance, I get to perform, then it would be a great honor for me. Especially because performing in the Olympics in your country doesn't happen to many skaters. Kim Yuna

Great Me Honor Country Would Would-Be Perform Performing Because Get Any Happen Skaters Then Your Many Chance Olympics

I lead a very active lifestyle. When I am not working, I enjoy snowboarding in winter. I golf and swim in the summer months. However, trying to find the time to exercise when I am traveling is quite a challenge. I find myself working out at hotel gyms quite regularly - just so that I can keep up with my training. Lee Byung-hun

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Actors always want to play the villain role at least once in their life. Lee Byung-hun

Life Once Always Least Role Want Villain Actor Play

Hollywood has a longer pre-production period and they juggle shooting schedules more carefully for each cast. In Korea, we shoot day and night without much break. Lee Byung-hun

Day Carefully More Cast Schedules Day And Night Longer Period Without Korea Juggle Pre-Production Shoot Shooting Break Hollywood Much Each Night

My dream role would be to play a Korean hero in a Hollywood superhero movie. Lee Byung-hun

Hero Dream Would Would-Be Superhero Korean Role Movie Hollywood Play

The two moments that I felt the most nervous in my entire life were when I first had reading rehearsal for 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and when I was at the Academy Awards ceremony. Lee Byung-hun

Life Nervous First Reading Joe Entire Entire Life Rise Had Most Academy Academy Awards Felt Were Ceremony Rehearsal Moments Awards Two

There are more crime films about the corruption of power because our society has similar problems. It would be great for me as an actor to work on an 'Inside Men' sequel, but I hope it never gets made. Because it would mean the corruption is still there. Lee Byung-hun

Work Hope Great Me Corruption Problems Crime Made Men Power Society Films Our Would Would-Be Inside About Similar More Never Because Still Gets Mean Sequel Actor

Having an interview in English is difficult for me, but acting in English is much harder. Because when I'm acting in English, if someone points out bad pronunciation or accent, I cannot focus on my emotions anymore, so it was very hard. Lee Byung-hun

Because North Korea was so totally cut off, we didn't hear anything of the outside world. We had only one TV channel, which showed only propaganda, and we believed everything. Lee Hyeon-seo

We always had power shortages in the country. I was living right next to the border with China, and it was the only country I could compare to my own. When I looked across the river, it was a completely different world - there were no people dying. It looked like a place full of colour, and that's what confused me. Lee Hyeon-seo

Me People Confused World Power Country Own Living Border My Own Only Only Country Could Colour River Had Like Looked Always Were Different Dying Place China Shortages Next Across Full Compare Different World Right

The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero, but a kind of responsibility. Every word I'm speaking, it's not from myself. I'm speaking for and representing the people of communist North Korea. Lee Hyeon-seo

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We were all blocked from western media, outside information. We were captured in a virtual prison cell. People would disappear in the middle of the night - not every day, but sometimes. We hear about it, and we never knew what happened inside the prison camps. I learned about them after I escaped. Lee Hyeon-seo

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My family lived under communism their entire lives. When they arrived in South Korea, they didn't even know how to use the bank system and ATM or the subway, nothing. Lee Hyeon-seo

Family Communism Nothing System ATM Entire Entire Lives Know How Korea Arrived South South Korea Bank Subway Use Even Lived Lives

When I was little, I thought my country was the best on the planet. And I grew up singing a song called 'Nothing To Envy.' And I was very proud. In school, we spent a lot of time studying the history of Kim Il-Sung, but we never learned much about the outside world, except that America, South Korea, Japan are the enemies. Lee Hyeon-seo

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When I was growing up, my mum was doing illegal smuggling with China. Sometimes she would see a fortune teller for advice. One time I went with her: 'In your future, you'll be living in foreign country and eating the foreign country rice,' she said. Lee Hyeon-seo

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If defectors say they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North, they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans. Lee Hyeon-seo

Life Better Difficult Say Had Institution Employment Koreans Came South Very North Where Esteemed Gain Connections

I think it's possible that China is ready for a serious change regarding its North Korean defector policy. Chinese people are starting to realize that so many defectors have been suffering in China, and it doesn't have to be this way. Lee Hyeon-seo

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