Beginnings
Thomas was born in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea to parents of modest means.
She worked her way through college as a typist, and obtained a degree in hotel management.Having difficulty finding a job commensurate with her degree, she emigrated to the United States in 1997, where she was hired as a manager at the Burger King on Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
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Famous quotes containing the word beginnings:
“[Many artists], even the greatest ones, are not sure of their own existence. So they search for proof, they judge, they condemn. It strengthens them, it is the beginnings of existence. They are alone!”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)
“The frantic search of five-year-olds for friends can thus be seen to forecast the beginnings of a basic shift in the parent-child relationship, a shift which will occur gradually over many long years, and in which a child needs not only the support of child allies engaged in the same struggle but also the understanding of his parents.”
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“When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.”
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