160 Korean Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?' Clint Eastwood

I re-invented my image so many times that I'm in denial that I was originally an overweight Korean woman. David Bowie

Woman Denial Korean Overweight Times Many Originally Image

We are Korean, so obviously they call our music K-pop. But we never thought of our music as K-pop. Our music is just our music. G-Dragon

Music Thought Our Our Music Never Obviously Call Korean Just

In Korean, the word 'future' is made up of two parts. The first part means 'not,' and the second means 'to come.' In that sense, 'future' means something that will not come. This is to say the future is now, and our now is us living our future. RM

I was on an army show, and in the army - especially in Korean culture - there's a very, very strict hierarchy. Obviously, you would not talk informally or disrespectfully to your commanding officer. But me, in my limited Korean, I basically told my commanding officer, 'Thou shalt forget!' The Korean public thought it was really funny. Amber Liu

Funny Me You Army Culture Strict Thought Thou Hierarchy Would Shalt Talk Obviously Limited Korean Commanding Very Officer Forget Public Really Your Show Basically

When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that. Ang Lee

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North Korea's whole idea is to create a crisis to solve a crisis. They're so poor and they're so desperate that they realize that this bombastic rhetoric can drive the South Korean stock market down and get the U.S. in a tizzy. And it's a game they've been playing for many, many years. Barbara Demick

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I made hats until I went into the Army. I was drafted during the Korean War. Bill Cunningham

War Army Made Hats Until Korean Korean War Drafted

I thought it would be funny to go to my Korean dry cleaner and ask her about my head shot, as if it's the most important thing in the world, and as if it's something that everyone should weigh on because it's important to me. Billy Eichner

Funny Me World Thought Important Everyone Would Would-Be About Something Cleaner Weigh Head Most Most Important Thing Dry Because Korean Important Thing Go The Most Important Ask Shot Should Her Thing

In Korean films there is only really a strong tradition of melodramas. Bong Joon-ho

Strong Films Only Korean Tradition Really

I've always been a fan of Korean cinema but never really pursued it, as I wanted to pave my way here in the States. I figured, once I established myself here, Korea might take notice. And it did. Brian Tee

To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. Chang-Rae Lee

To Be Honest Since Reader Korean Fiction Little Translated Much Honest

I'm so used to America, used to the traffic in L.A., and I don't really feel it click with the Korean culture. But obviously, I have a Korean face, and I feel like that's just - you know, I can't walk around people like I'm, like, straight-up American. It's like, I'm Korean American. My parents are from Korea. Chloe Kim

When I found out that I'm playing Nagini, I thought it was meaningful because it's an important character in the 'Harry Potter' series. 'Harry Potter' is a franchise film with many Caucasian actors, so I thought many Korean viewers would be happy. Claudia Kim

Character Be Happy Happy Thought Important Franchise Harry Harry Potter Out Would Would-Be Potter Because Caucasian Korean Meaningful Viewers Many Series Film Found Actor Playing

I moved to New Jersey when I was five, and I lived there for about six years. My dad was allocated to the New York branch of his company. Looking back, I'm so grateful because I got to learn both English and Korean at the same time, and it was just so natural for me, and it made it so much easier to study English afterwards. Claudia Kim

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