"If you propose there is a feminism problem in Korea, somebody would point out that you are bringing up antiquated issues. No one acknowledges that discrimination against women is still widespread."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Kim Hyesoon

#Korea Quotes #Issues Quotes #Feminism Quotes

“The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory.”
“The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.”
“I know my soul hath power to know all things, Yet is she blind and ignorant in all: I know I'm one of Nature's little kings, Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall.”

Source : Sir John Davies (1733). “A Poem on the Immortality of the Soul: By Sir John Davis. To which is Prefixed an Essay Upon the Same Subject”, p.14
“The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.”
“I enjoy being on my own. I feel like I have more room to stretch. I have to go with the flow.”
“I just want to make my last demand in reverence to the work of what has been done by architects of the past. what was, has always been. what is, has always been. and what will be, has always been. such is the nature of beginning.”
“I started taking classes and doing things that I had always wanted to do but couldn't because I was working. I signed up for a bunch of workout classes, and to my surprise, I realized I was enjoying it. Because I was working out so much, I started looking for more workout clothes and found a lot of redundancy - predictability that was uninspired. That's when I decided to start my own line.”

Source : "Fashion designer Dayna Devon: Pursuing new passions and plugging into mindfulness". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut.”

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