F. Sionil Jose Quotes
A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.
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Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.
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Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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Hollywood's all about, 'Let's make this easy: This is what you do, so you go over here in this group, and we're not gonna call you.'
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I love books.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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I think from the very beginning with 'We Are Young,' there was never any question about where we wanted the song to go and what we wanted it to sound like. And we knew that we wanted it to be big, we wanted it to be booming over the speakers at an arena or something.
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The ability of Texas Republicans to be effective in Congress is based on having at least 218 Republicans in the House.
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In 1905 Albert discovered Relativity, in 1906 he invented Rock and Roll.
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Sometimes people know I am an actor but are not really sure what I have been in.
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A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.
