F. Sionil Jose Quotes
Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower.
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The world is always in movement.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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When I was sixteen years old, I was sentenced to two years in prison; the Swedish government changed it, so I could go to a boarding school as part of a social programme. I was in this boarding school with some of the richest kids in Sweden.
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It's always so difficult when you've left your kids to go to work every day - you want people to like it. I just agonise over it, but I'm obsessive because I love what I do.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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Fashions have done more harm than revolutions.
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All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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You can exercise anytime, anywhere. It doesn't have to be the gym.
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I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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Yeah, I'm kind of fit. And I'm quite careful about my diet.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
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I’m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointments when you look around at what we've discovered about the universe. No, you're not big. No, you're not. You're small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that's limited on Earth.
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Professional societies are sooner or later fractured by the ego of their leaders. Everyone wants to be president, chairman, CEO; no one wants to be a mere follower.
