F. Sionil Jose Quotes

Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues.

F. Sionil Jose

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• Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.

  

  Dan Colen
  • Important
  • Giving
  • Way

• You can't get AIDS from a hug or a handshake or a meal with a friend.

  

  Magic Johnson
  • You
  • Friend
  • Hug

• If you were my friend, I love you unconditionally. I like you the same way I like everyone else that's around me.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Way
  • Friend
  • Like

• John Boehner is a friend.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Friend
  • John

• Max Minghella is a very close friend of mine, and I talk to him regularly.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Friend
  • Talk
  • Him

• Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Good
  • Know
  • Friend

• I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Lost
  • Friend
  • Day

• Well, first of all, I'm an incredibly gullible person - I'm so bad that when I said that to someone, my friend said, 'You know, 'gullible' isn't even in the dictionary.' And I said, 'Really?' As I was saying 'Really?' I will acknowledge that I then realized what was happening, but that's how bad I am.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • Bad
  • Person
  • Gullible

• Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Virtues
  • Himself
  • Cardinal

• Up to nineteen seventy six when I quit gymnastics I was very, disappointed because I didn't have anything which is, live with. I didn't have a friend so I didn't have a coach anymore.

  

  Olga Korbut
  • Up
  • Live
  • Friend

• T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • Time
  • Career
  • Me

• When my phone pops up with Dierks Bentley, I'm like, 'Oh my gosh!! Okay, wait. He's supposed to be, like, my friend. I'm supposed to be cool.'

  

  Madison Marlow
  • Up
  • Friend
  • Cool

• A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

  

  Ramon Rodriguez
  • Up
  • Free
  • Giving

• I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Time
  • Reality
  • Me

• I have a teacher friend who gets nervous when there's $200 in her account. But at least she knows that in a week, she'll get another paycheck. I have no idea.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • She
  • Friend
  • Teacher

• My friend was on dialysis for six years before he got a new kidney. I was on dialysis for eight months. I'm almost not even the typical person who has kidney failure.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Friend
  • Failure
  • Years

• He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

  

  Isaac Barrow
  • Book
  • Want
  • Friend

• I met Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu years ago during my college days, and I was in charge of international promotion of this movie festival he was invited to as part of the jury, and then he saw my work on a short film that was directed by a friend of mine.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • Work
  • Movie
  • College

• I think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid and fun. If you try and be too cool, it only works in high school. After that, being uncool is a very cool thing to do. So just have fun, and don't worry what other people think of you and people will want to be your friends.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • People
  • School
  • Friends

• Honey, God loves everybody. It's human beings who mess things up.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • Up
  • God
  • Mess

• In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

  

  Elliott Abrams
  • Free
  • Freedom
  • Independent

• She said she knew she was able to fly because when she came down she always had dust on her fingers from touching the light bulbs.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • She
  • Light
  • Fly

• There are elements to my faith which are echoed very closely in the scripts that come through. I read certain moments, and I'm able to say, 'Yes, I recognize that. I champion that. I ally myself to that idea.' Then there are times where I don't. My feeling is, at this stage in my life, that it will be an ongoing struggle.

  

  Charlie Cox
  • Life
  • Feeling
  • Faith

• Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
  • Friend
  • Virtues
  • Knew