F. Sionil Jose Quotes
Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl, being able to be all dolled up in heels and little outfits and be able to kick boys' butts, I think it's a really fun, make-believe world to play.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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I grew up in suburban New York City and London, England, where my dad was working.
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If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.
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I've been able to make some wonderful films, but sometimes you make films with great passion - great belief - and these films slightly don't work at the box office, and they become your favorite films.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I'm bigger now than when I was eating meat. My lifts in the gym are better. I'm in better shape.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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In all fields of creativity you see the result of work that has become habit. Where the creative impulse has become flaccid or has died out altogether, and yet because it is our work and our life we continue to do it.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
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Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.
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As a woman, as a Jew, as a lesbian, as a labor leader in a time of great anti-union animus, I know that other people project their biases on me. But it is nothing like the experience of our African-American brothers and sisters, especially black and brown men and boys.
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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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Always ask yourself: Am I living the life the I want?" Constantly evaluate where you are in life to make sure you are heading towards the direction you want.
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I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.
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Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.
