South Korea Quotes

Winning the Asian Games is about the most important thing I have achieved for my country, and seeing the delight on the faces of the people back home is something that will last with me forever.
Without team-mates, it's difficult to play well.
California is an easy place to be an Asian woman engineer.
I cannot believe I became some kind of hero. I'm just a common Korean woman.
I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
I felt so free in space, flying around and unrestrained by any social relationships, but my life since has changed a lot. Now I am extra-careful about what I say and do because everyone recognises me.
I will do my best to support science in Korea and space programs in Korea.
I will try and make peace between North and South Korea.
If you ask me what's harder, being famous or flying to space, I'd say fame is much harder.
It's not uncommon in South Korea for a building to not have a women's bathroom.
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.
On Earth, men are seen as superior because of their physical strength, but it means nothing in space, where there is no gravity.
Only in space did I realize how lucky I am to be Korean. Only in Korea could I have gone to space before turning 30 years old.
There is something addictive in space that makes you want to go back - like the mountain climbers who want to go back to the Himalayas although their fingers were cut by frostbite.
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 grew up in New York.
I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then.
I like to do Pilates.
I love nature.
If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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