"We arrived the way most emigrant families did.……" — Chang-Rae Lee
"We arrived the way most emigrant families did. My father came first, and the rest of us - my mother, my sister and me - followed a year later."
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28 Quotes by Chang-Rae Lee
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The truth, finally, is who can tell it.
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For if there is ever a moment when we are most vulnerable, it’s when we’re closest to the idea of…
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For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.
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You can be affected by a person because of something particular they said or did but sometimes how a person…
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the…
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Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?
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We have hopes and make plans, and if they are dashed or waylaid, we naturally rationalize and redraw the map…
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And it occurred to me that in this new millennial life of instant and ubiquitous connection, you don't in fact…
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It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.
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A tale, like the universe, they tell us, expands ceaselessly each time you examine it, until there’s finally no telling…
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For at some point, each of us will be asked to embody what we feel and know.
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Do not discount the psychic warmth of the hive.
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Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.
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I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because…
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It's a real blessing for me to tell you, sir, that calvary has arrived - Fox is here!
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I leave from where the apostle arrived.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I think probably the scaredest I've ever been was in Somalia. I arrived there when the episode that became known…
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I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I…
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I've arrived at the place if I'm not taking a career risk, I'm not happy. If I'm scared, then I…
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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.
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We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver,…
— Ray Charles
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