#ore

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#certain #characters #dictated #farmer #fisherman

The reader feels as if he is in Chongjin, where starving people ate the bark off trees; or atop Mount Taesong with the elite of Pyongyang, whose existence is a mix of sadism and whimsy; or with the masses who are bombarded day and night with the propaganda of North Korea's alternate reality. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#ate #bark #bombarded #day #elite

I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#discover #foreigners #genuine #had #highly

The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape. ↗

— Allen Johnson

#again #back #come #get #getting

Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress. ↗

— Amy Jo Johnson

#good #good living #hobby #i #living

I have not been more robust towards female rather than male assembly members and I do not believe I have been remotely sexist. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#been #believe #female #i #i do

If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#anybody #anymore #anything #certain #enterprise

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#first #important #modern #more #mostly

I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#ass #awesome #being #business #care

My next-door neighbor's two dogs have created more shovel-ready jobs than this current administration. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#created #current #current administration #dogs #jobs