Top 1019 Quotes & Sayings by South Korean Authors - Page 13

I want to make my music a genre that people can immediately identify: something that never existed.

I've had some surgery and shoulder problems.

I believe that 'Feel Special' is the story of Twice, written in a song. I guess that is why our fans related to it the most, because it is a very sincere song.

Prior to 'Snowpiercer,' I've done many other international project that forced me to be in an environment where I had to converse in English.

I don't think that the spoken words solve everything. Sometimes silence delivers truer feelings while the words can distort the meaning in some situations.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

My wife will tell you it's the little things, like driving my boys to school on my days off so she can rest. We're not into PDA, but every time we end a phone conversation, we say 'sarang,' which means love in Korean.

I'm not such a talkative person, and I don't like speaking in front of a lot of people.

Korea can't become a 'first-class' nation unless regulation and 'a sense of power' disappear. The nation's politics is the fourth-class, bureaucratic are the third-class, and business is the second-class.

The way I recharge is simple. I have 3 ways. Either I eat, play games, or sleep.

I have missed my fans so much and, above all, have wanted to appear in dramas.

I'm living a very different life than the one I thought I'd be living.

If you're holding your iPhone, and it's the newest iteration of it, you're like, 'Oh, famous people have my phone. Captains of industry have my phone.' And that can be an intoxicating experience for someone who is going off to college for the first time.

Squid Game' is a story about human nature that most people can already relate to, yet everything is communicated through easy-to-follow childhood games.

I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then.

I'm in the camp that needs to discover and take risks, sometimes it's with the promise of something special and new, sometimes it's to stay awake, either way it's much more stressful with all the uncertainty but worth the pain in the end.

I absolutely dress down for daily fashion.

Different times need different types of leadership.

I want to make Seoul the front line of the new South Korea. Seoul is sleeping, and I want to wake it up.

I'm now in my late 30s, and I've been thinking a lot about marriage and family. To be honest, I've decided to push aside thoughts of marriage and personal questions for now.

I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.

Bras are like accessories to me.

When I'm not in front of the camera, I'm just like any other normal person. I'm a student. I eat when I'm stressed.

I wanted to go beyond what K-pop is typically perceived as, and through 'Move' I was able to show a concept that's more edgy, more powerful.

I know I might sound a little bit picky, but someone like a muse who can inspire me is my ideal type.

I always want to do a big finale.

I want to continue working with my staff who are like family.

I love playing for United and have lots of good memories from my time here.

We've learned to embrace our own physical shadows by leaning on each other and Once to find motivation and energy to keep our heads up and stay healthy.

I'm stupidly curious. I will go and touch anything until I find out that it's very harmful.

We set out with nothing but music as our dream, but we didn't know where we were going, whether we were going uphill or downhill, or as we took a break after becoming tired, whether around the corner there was a paradise or a pitfall. That's how we started.

The only thing that kept the Cold War cold was the mutual deterrence afforded by nuclear weapons.

I have a dark and sexy side, and I sometimes have a feminine, elegant side.

For 'The Rise of Cobra,' I was dieting more and using protein powder to help supplement my meals. For 'Retaliation,' however, I opted for more natural protein. I had a chicken breast and broccoli meal about five times every day. I also drank plenty of water and made sure I got enough rest.

My coaches have told me my muscles and body structure are perfect for skating.

I use Maybelline's eye studio gel eyeliner and simply glide it onto the eyelids to shape the makeup. Then, I use brown eyeshadow to add more detail to make my eyes look deeper.

I will strive to achieve my long-term dream.

In order to date, you need to make up your mind to date, meet many people, and have blind dates offered to you, but that's not easy. It's more difficult as you get older. I don't think it's possible to do something by force, either.

'The Summer I Turned Pretty' is about how, as a young woman, everyone gets that moment of being in bloom, but nobody really appreciates it.

I'm not even sure who I really am sometimes.

I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.

I try to be positive and calm all the time.

The access to clean air and clean water is a basic right.

I believe every citizen feels the same way about the Sewol Ferry incident.

Cooking is one of the most zen things - you have to be there.

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call 'global challenges,' which require global solidarity.

A person's current personality of love, hatred, jealousy, rage or a murderous intent and so on is formed upon genetic elements, education, the environment and a family a person grows in.

When I first came to Seoul to start model work, I felt bad asking for financial support from my parents, so I lived in the sauna for about six months.

I told Son Ye Jin that I'll be on 'Running Man,' and she said that it will be hard for me because I have no will. I told her that I'll just go with that concept, and she said it won't be so fun then.

Outwardly, it might seem that I like to go out a lot, but I like quiet days at home more.

It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.

I feel no shame getting in bed at nine.

I'm not much of a horror fan. When it comes to ghost stuff and demon stuff, I can't watch that.

Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.

I do not agree that South Korea needs to develop our own nuclear weapons or relocate tactical nuclear weapons in the face of North Korea's nuclear threat.

I love playing online games with my fans.

As a person, to inspire some young girls and give them something to look at and give them something to play for, I think is such a great position to be in. I'm glad that I can follow all of the great Korean players' footsteps.

I'm never happy with my performances. I always want to prove more and more things.

I'll try to find a character or a story that is different from those I've done before.

I hope our fans will be able to make great memories with us through the music and performances we show on stage.