Top 1019 Quotes & Sayings by South Korean Authors - Page 5

Hong Cha-young is the type who doesn't back down but breaks through fear and moves forward without hesitation. Her head-on,' break-through' attitude in life is similar to mine. But her speech, behavior, and reactions were thoroughly built for the character of Hong Cha-young.

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.

I think that, oftentimes, what people say is, 'We need an actress who'll be able to greenlight a movie,' and my counterargument to that is always that, when it comes to a teen movie, you have very few people who can greenlight a movie.

There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.

I should be careful to women, but I say, 'I love you,' a lot to my parents and people, whether they are men or women.

I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing.

Worldwide, our young generation shares the same issues socially and politically.

In most professions, you build up confidence and a sense of achievement as you go along, but that's really not true for acting.

In the midst of hardship, it was the music that restored my soul.

I think each film should be regarded as its own specific text.

I think the idea of a distant, far off dystopia, where the world is completely different from what we have now, is good, but it's been done. Especially in YA movies.

Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you don't hear the sound; you are the sound.

I plan to eliminate the equity cap in investment, and I also plan large-scale deregulation to meet global standards.

I'm not really into weight training.

Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.

One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.

I like to do Pilates.

Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.

For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.

My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.

We have songs that are as good as and even better than 'Dynamite,' so I hope that fans will look forward to it.

If the North Korean Communists provoke another war, we must immediately deter it and give them a decisive counterattack at the initial place of aggression.

Whatever I like, even after a long time, I still like it. And I reminisce about the moment when I first heard it. That's what I love. Just remembering those moments.

At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point.

During high school, I wanted to work in architecture or engineering for no particular reason.

Like the French, Koreans aim for a subtle and effortless look - while actually paying a lot of attention to the details.

Classical music can rock you!

We are a people who can bring about miracles if united.

Being in the public eye and basically growing up in the spotlight, we are always responsible for our actions.

Many people could benefit from meditation.

If you look at three diseases, the three major killers, HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, the only disease for which we have really good drugs is HIV. And it's very simple: because there's a market in the United States and Europe.

There's an ongoing competition by global companies across all areas from products, technology development and hiring talented people to patent disputes. The market is big and opportunities are wide open, so we should find out new businesses that Samsung's future will hinge on.

I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world.

While many people overseas envy Korea's development, it is true that society has many problems such as economic polarization and a low birthrate.

I would love to do musicals, sitcoms and even television talk shows. I think I have the potential. But most importantly, my ultimate goal as an artist is to create a new music genre like Elvis Presley.

Human beings understand too much.

I want to marry after traveling alone, meeting many people, and experiencing a variety of things, and when I'm certain I can be responsible of myself.

People know me as just this handsome guy - a very handsome guy. But I can also be funny and fun.

I have become more and more afraid about marriage and parenting. I think it's because I am getting older. Of course, there will be a lot to learn, and I also know that the experience will help in my acting.

I want to make Seoul more attractive. I want to make it a good investment.

I think what I can do is to focus more on what I'm good at and see if I can improve on these positive qualities so that I can continue on the path I'm on now.

My favorite phrase is, 'God only gives struggles to people who can overcome it.' I saw it in a book, and it helped me out so much.

As someone who loves football, I will continue to speak out frankly about FIFA's problems.

The more I act, the harder it gets, since I feel like I still have so much to learn. Whenever I embark on a new project, it always feels like the first time. If it were easy to me and I felt like I knew everything, my acting might have been different. I think the feeling of 'newness' keeps me on my toes and concentrated.

I've been drawing my whole life. My mom says my sister and I were drawing by age 1. Animation seems a real, natural extension of drawing as a way of telling a story visually.

Outside the golf course, I feel the pressure, and I feel what everybody else is feeling. But on the golf course, it's just the golf ball and clubs. And when I have that, it just puts a lot of pressure off of me. It just makes me very calm looking at it, yeah.

I grew up watching Hong Kong noir films. As a kid, I often imagined myself playing the lead role in such movies, performing gun fights and sacrificing myself for the sake of friendship.

In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost.

When I started doing press after college, I never got asked about my racial identity; I was asked more about being a girl in music.

I was raised in a Christian household and heard a lot of praise music, so that's what helps me get to an emotional place.

I want to compliment myself for becoming someone with a strong color.

Contrary to what most people believe, fads are made, not born.

I do not think direct experience is always necessary to act, but I believe that sometimes you have to have had the real experience to act certain roles. One of those was losing your family member. I was not being able to imagine how sad that could be.

I always want to be the person that's able to try something new.

The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition.

Many people who have watched 'Pieta' have said my filmmaking has become more objective.

I feel like I'm calmer, I'm kinder, I'm more patient the more I do my own meditation.

The subway is best to take when I have to meet someone. With just 1,300 won, I can go anywhere in Seoul!

Join a Bikram-flow-yoga, Flywheel, or Pilates class so you can find spiritual oneness amid grunting socialite moms. Do whatever you want. Just, please, for the love of God, stop talking about it.

I exercise regularly and try to cook my own food.