F. Sionil Jose Quotes
Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology.

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Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.
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Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
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Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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Vegas has the Whitman's Sampler of audiences. They come from all different places, so you have to do some crowd psychology. You have to find the heartbeat of the room. It doesn't shift my jokes, but it shifts my timing and my attention.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?
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This election could come down to just a handful of votes. It could come down to just one vote.
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It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
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I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in their sentiments, defenders of free speech and liberty of opinion.
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Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or surround sound - it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it.
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Instapaper does support paywall sites. I have a list of them, that when someone saves something it sends a copy of the page as they are viewing it only to them. If you subscribe to a paid site, you can save the content. I'm not really touching the money.
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety.
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No [other rappers are on my level], none of them. Here, let me put it like this in the sky, there are a million stars, but when the sun appears, you see none of them. I am the sun.
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Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology.