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I thought that, with so much current attention focused on the topic of North Korea, I might share what I think are three books which cast a rare light on the elusive realm of North Korea.

~Adam Johnson

Topics: Attention Books Cast Current Elusive Focused Korea Light Might Much North North Korea Rare Realm Share Think Thought Three Topic Which I Think

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I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

~Adele

Topics: About Broken Elusive Everyone Heart Heart Broken Knows Like Love Songs Specific Thing Write Your I Write

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I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing.

~Adele

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Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

~Albert Camus

Topics: Advance Always Certain Conquered Dangerous Elusive Failings Goals Hard Liberty Live Long March Must Mysterious Our Painfully Resolutely Road Toward Truth Truth Is Two

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An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals can be elusive which makes the difficult journey all the more rewarding.

~Alberto Salazar

Topics: Always Athlete Been Difficult Easy Elusive Fun Goals Journey Makes More Rewarding Simply Tells Training Which Who You

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Christmas 1972 was a lonely time for Kissinger, as well as for his boss, and a period of serious reflection. Kissinger was then a bachelor, enamored of the tall, elegant, but elusive WASP Nancy Maginnes, but still very much a bachelor - Washington's most sought-after bachelor.

~Alistair Horne

Topics: Bachelor Boss Christmas Elegant Elusive Enamored His Kissinger Lonely Most Much Nancy Period Reflection Serious Still Tall Then Time Very Washington Wasp Well

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Proust is interested in minutiae because life, as he sees it, is seldom ever about things but about our impression of things, not about facts but about the interpretation of facts, not about one particular feeling but about a confluence of conflicting feelings. Everything is elusive in Proust because nothing is ever certain.

~Andre Aciman

Topics: About Because Certain Conflicting Elusive Ever Everything Facts Feeling Feelings He Impression Interested Interpretation Life Nothing Our Particular Sees Seldom Things

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I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

~Andrew Bird

Topics: Attracted Because Definition Elusive Guess Meaning More Words

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The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.

~Andrew J. Bernstein

Topics: Appear Elusive Light Molecules Move Nothing Physical Physical World Simply Sound Things Truth Truth Is World

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Gay rights are not primarily marriage rights, and for the millions who live in unaccepting places with no resources, dignity remains elusive. I am lucky to have forged meaning and built identity, but that's still a rare privilege. And gay people deserve more, collectively, than the crumbs of justice.

~Andrew Solomon

Topics: Am Built Collectively Crumbs Deserve Dignity Elusive Forged Gay Gay Rights Identity Justice Live Lucky Marriage Meaning Millions More People Places Primarily Privilege Rare Remains Resources Rights Still Than Who I Am

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