"My tough and grotesque images were thrown on the roads and were stepped on by my critics, and I was talked about with scorn. I felt regret that readers only seemed to like something they were accustomed to."

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Kim Hyesoon

#Regret Quotes #Tough Quotes #Grotesque Quotes

“I don't have you, and without you, it feels like what I do have doesn't matter.”
“As a single atom man is an enigma: as a whole he is a mathematical problem. As an individual he is a free agent, as a species the offspring of necessity.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.186
“It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so”
“We need to forgive - but mindfully. We need compassion that powered by wisdom. That's the way to address our bullies.”
“I look at it this way: How much of the day are you awake? You think, "I've gotta get that dry cleaning, I gotta get this going, and this, and this, and this." And all of a sudden it's dinnertime. And then there's a moment of connection with your spouse or your friends. Then you read and go to bed. Wake up and then it's the same all over. You're not awake, you're not living, you're not experiencing. We start early medicating ourselves. We start kids early, on TV and video games and so on.”
“I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for 'National Geographic,' and they gave us a lot of film.”

Source : "Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's best shot". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2009.
“I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. I have no tongue for it.”

Source : Arthur Miller (2015). “The Crucible”, p.155, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Who then is the greatest leader? The one who has served the most.”

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