Hark-Joon Lee quotes
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“One colleague who's been in the industry longer than I had been gave me a valuable piece of advice. "Stay close to the facts and observe things fully and report. Then you can be a mediocre journalist." I held onto his words when I worked and I've been following that advice for 16 years.”
-- Hark-Joon LeeSource : "This journalist didn’t just interview North Korean defectors, he followed them on their escape". Interview with Anna Fifield, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2015.
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“I agree strongly that no story is more valuable than someone's life.”
-- Hark-Joon LeeSource : "This journalist didn’t just interview North Korean defectors, he followed them on their escape". Interview with Anna Fifield, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2015.
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“I think I was able to endure risks not because I was ambitious about great stories but I was curious as a journalist.”
-- Hark-Joon LeeSource : "This journalist didn’t just interview North Korean defectors, he followed them on their escape". Interview with Anna Fifield, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2015.
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“People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.”
-- Hark-Joon LeeSource : "This journalist didn’t just interview North Korean defectors, he followed them on their escape". Interview with Anna Fifield, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2015.
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“It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.”
-- Hark-Joon LeeSource : "This journalist didn’t just interview North Korean defectors, he followed them on their escape". Interview with Anna Fifield, www.washingtonpost.com. June 20, 2015.
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“I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.”
Source : "Composer Abel Korzeniowski on Sundance, Scores, Career". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. February 5, 2013.
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Source : Source: www.97thfloor.com
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“Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces”