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Quotes About Koreans

Stone tried to sound noncommittal. He knew Koreatown well. Liked the women. Liked karaoke. The Koreans were big on noraebang. "I
~ Robert Crais
Wherever Koreans are, they set up a church.
~ Sandra Oh
The proud road travelled by Chongryon bears the imprints of the wise guidance and painstaking efforts of the great leaders, who strengthened and developed Chongryon into a Juche-based overseas compatriots' body that represents the rights and interests of all the Koreans resident in Japan.
~ Kim Jong-un
Chongryon should do all of its undertakings thoroughly as intended and wished by the great leaders, and usher in a new heyday of the movement of Koreans in Japan true to the General's instructions.
~ Kim Jong-un
For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it.
~ Kim Yuna
I've been so lucky, received so much help and inspiration in my life, so I want to help give aspiring North Koreans a chance to prosper with international support.
~ Lee Hyeon-seo
The past was all right there before me: generations of Koreans separated by division; decades of longing, loss, hurt, regret, guilt.
~ Suki Kim
I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.
~ Irvine Welsh
The popularity of figure skating has increased tremendously, and Koreans have a huge interest in figure skaters - not only me, other international skaters as well.
~ Kim Yuna
Koreans love to dance; they love to sing. If you actually know Koreans, you see how absurd the stereotype of the 'Asian robot' is. They love to laugh - they're very affectionate. Maybe because of their history of oppression, when they feel you are part of their tribe, they are intensely loyal. I love that about Koreans!
~ Min Jin Lee
We all want to be affiliated with success. It's the impulse of people who have been excluded, and Koreans have been excluded from lots of parties.
~ Min Jin Lee
Essentially, we took two peoples Ã¢â'¬â€œ the Koreans and the Germans Ã¢â'¬â€œ and divided them in two. South Koreans and West Germans got capitalist institutions; North Koreans and East Germans got communist ones. The divergence that occurred in the space of just a few decades was enormous.
~ Niall Ferguson
As do most Koreans, Seoul residents consider the uncertainty related to housing to be the biggest threat to their livelihoods.
~ Park Won-soon
I think, Koreans, they're really hard-working people. They're really innovative, and they try new things all the time, so I think it's just a matter of time when everyone will know K-pop.
~ Jessica Jung
National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
~ Park Geun-hye
All the organizations and officials of Chongryon, regarding this unity as the great foundation of the movement of Koreans in Japan, should rally themselves around the central leadership with one mind and purpose, and accomplish its patriotic cause, which was pioneered with comradely unity, by dint of comradeship.
~ Kim Jong-un
This early recognition was critical, because it took me so long to publish anything at all. Moreover, the NYFA fellowship confirmed my stubborn belief that the stories of Koreans in Japan should be told somehow when so much of their lives had been despised, denied, and erased.
~ Lee Min-jin
The Koreans have always been and still are a people of superb creative talents, but King Sejong, in the thirty years of his rule, became a deathless legend.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Like the French, Koreans aim for a subtle and effortless look - while actually paying a lot of attention to the details.
~ Claudia Kim
I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles. Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.
~ Terry Gou
Koreans are ambitious, man. It means a lot to my parents that I do the work that I do and it has the visibility.
~ Sandra Oh
To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom.
~ Kim Young-sam
For me, the pachinko business and the game itself serve as metaphors for the history of Koreans in Japan—a people caught in seemingly random global conflicts—as they win, lose, and struggle for their place and for their lives.
~ Min Jin Lee
Lately, Noa was warning him that since the Koreans in Japan were no longer citizens, if you got in trouble, you could be deported. Noa had told him that no matter what,
~ Min Jin Lee