F. Sionil Jose Quotes
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The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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I have severe claustrophobia, and I panic if I'm more than six feet above ground.
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There are a lot more female writers wanting to direct their own material and hopefully will be given the opportunity.
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My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.
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I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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There's more to life than cheek bones.
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There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
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There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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I truly believe that regret is the only wound the soul does not recover from, and so I'm trying to live without regrets. ... Each day is another chance to be swept away.
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Scream" was great for what it was. For a horror film, it was intelligent, it was funny, it took a laugh at itself.
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Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the conventions of fiction and it's astonishing how in so many of these books people seem to be able to remember conversations that took place when they were five years old and give three pages of coherent dialogue, which is utterly impossible.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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Man has been adjudged a social animal.
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I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.
