Top 1019 Quotes & Sayings by South Korean Authors - Page 4

It was extremely difficult to suppress my emotions, because my character in' A Girl at My Door' goes through so many infuriating situations. It was a lonely process having to portray someone that acts tough but is deeply hurting inside and is unable to express that.

Most superhero characters we see these days are from foreign countries. I would like to play a superhero that shows off Korean power.

We're very comfortable together, but when he starts acting, he gets incredibly focused. It's made me think, That's why he's The Kim Soo Hyun,' and he's a great help to me.

I couldn't stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.

Even though I went to Exeter and Yale, and I enjoyed all the trappings of those places, I think at the same time - and maybe it's because I'm an immigrant kid and not white - there was always this other consciousness; that is, I was conscious of everything that was going on.

If I have the chance, I would like to write an emotional, sad ballad.

Meditation means keeping one mind. You must understand - what is life? What is death? If you keep one mind, there is no life, no death. Then if you die tomorrow, no problem; if you die in five minutes, no problem.

I want to tell young girls to try thinking of their future selves as their role models.

I want to try a feminine style but mix it up with sexy or hip-hop elements.

There's a lot of American people who like K-Pop for some reason. I don't know why, you know? But they like it even if they can't understand it because it has that style, that appeal.

I don't think that 25-year-olds should be fighting 40-year-olds.

In the States actors get their own trailers, but in Korea all the actors group up in one room, and stay there together the whole day.

In the past, I think I was scared of showing myself. I thought people disliked me because I received so much hate when I was young. But as I grew older, I realized that there were people who disliked me and people who liked me. So I learned that there was no need for me to be so conscious of what others thought about me.

I think when I was 16, I thought I was going to go to law school. And then, once I got into college, I decided I don't like to read that much or to study that much.

I have a group of cafes and coffee shops that I go to regularly. They usually have an area where I can plug in my computer and have a corner seat where I can do a couple hours of writing or whatever, even the noise of the surrounding people walking by. Those things are the things that stimulate me into writing.

L.A. is a city that has given me great support for skating.

Park Sion in 'Good Doctor' had a heart-aching love, but I don't want such a thing. Love just should be a happiness.

I was thinking I wanted to finish my life there in Hungnam doing pro bono service.

People might not believe me if I say I get nervous, but I tend to practice constantly to show a balanced performance.

I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.

I learned that instead of relying on and imitating American music, there is a better chance for an Asian artist to succeed if he or she follows his or her own culture.

I felt like I've needed to ask my parents up until about four years ago about everything. They have helped me tremendously, I came out of college with no debt. Everything they made, they just poured into my education.

What we have to learn from Singapore is multiculturalism or clearly having the aspect of a global city.

I think good acting results when working together in a comfortable environment.

As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.

All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

They gave me 18 experiments to complete in my 10 days in the ISS. That's a lot. Everyone told me I didn't have to complete all of them, that it wasn't expected of me. But I knew everyone was watching me, so I gave up meals and sleep and completed all 18 experiments. It's a very Korean thing to do.

I have learned from the first Olympics, of course. When I went to my first Olympic Games, I experienced all of the pressure and was able to win the gold medal. I try not to feel the pressure, and I try not to be nervous when I am on the ice and when I compete.

I want to be happy. I realized that being happy isn't necessarily about getting there, it's how you get there. It almost sounds like a cliche, but every entrepreneur I've talked to - every good entrepreneur - really enjoys the 'how you get here.'

From the early 1960s to the mid-1980s - the era of military dictatorship when South Korea was rebuilding itself from a postwar economic basket case to a humming, modern nation - military schools were the track of choice for ambitious young men.

North Korea and South Korea speak the same language, and actually, we are the same country.

I love nature.

I feel like there's a hunger in the culture now for the live experience maybe as a counterpoint to the more sort of synthetic lives that we've been living.

So moderate is insisting that North Korea should open door to outside.

When I was 17, I worked at a bagel shop - I ate so many! I was also in all the school musicals, which we rehearsed for during the afternoons.

These kinds of scripts telling the stories of women are very rare.

President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace.

I plead total ignorance to Led Zeppelin. I am totally in the dark about them.

Men and women are different, and they can never read each other's mind.

Mina loves Hawaii, and she goes there a lot for vacation.

I think, first of all, director Park Shin-woo, of course, is extremely talented and his talent is irresistible.

I really care about people around me, and I can't live without my family and friends.

Regardless of the success of a drama or film, I will be satisfied if viewers say that my acting has progressed and has gained more depth.

The neural code usually refers to how your current thoughts and feelings and perceptions are encoded in the signals that neurons are passing around - and it's not the same. The code is not the same for every person.

I'm broken from the inside. The depression that has slowly eaten away at me has finally consumed me, and I couldn't beat it.

I want to do science fiction with dark stories.

My favorite subject was English, and I wanted to study English abroad when I was young, when I was a kid, but my mom said 'No, it's too dangerous to go abroad by yourself.' So I gave up.

I will become a more mature actor and it's one of my dreams to teach acting as well.

Since my initials are J. U., people called me Ju. Or Jujube, like the candy.

I've decided to study the MBA, as it's crucial to have comprehensive knowledge of business administration and management in running science technology institutes as well as making science-related policies.

Hawaii is so boring because it's always sunny.

Most video games, you build up toward the big, bad boss. And it's just a bigger, more powerful version of what you've been fighting all along in the game.

Personally, I'd like to become a person who never loses her passion and always has a dream to follow.

I may not be poetic but i'd love to write songs that convey my true feelings.

When I look down the range at the target all I can do is try to distinguish between the different colors.

What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated, and moved to Chicago to pursue improv.

I had a strong desire to become an archer from the very first time I tried it. I forgot my other ambitions. I just wanted to compete in the Olympics.

One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way.

When we started, the business name was 'Fashion 21.' And change it to 'Forever 21' later.