F. Sionil Jose Quotes
Past middle age, some friends suggested that I should have my eyebags removed, the deepening creases on my face stretched. I often examined my face in the mirror, imagining how I'd look if I followed the suggestion. I decided to retain the old mug. I was too familiar and comfortable with it. And the final hindrance: the cost.
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If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.
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What if you could radically alter the way stories get told? What if the way people wanted to consume content actually changed what you could make?
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Because glass is at once structural and transparent, it is relatively easy to consider the integration of structural and environmental building performance within a single integrated skin.
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...as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective.
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Past middle age, some friends suggested that I should have my eyebags removed, the deepening creases on my face stretched. I often examined my face in the mirror, imagining how I'd look if I followed the suggestion. I decided to retain the old mug. I was too familiar and comfortable with it. And the final hindrance: the cost.
