Jose Rizal Quotes
I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.

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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I think that's like the age-old psychological core issue for any situation. Anybody who has had an experience with a parent that is absent, it's going to manifest.
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It's hard to kill that father-son bond.
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'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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After the Second World War, people in Japan no longer died for their country, and even that expression was no longer used.
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I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
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The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.
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I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
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We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
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I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.
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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. … Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel.
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He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined ever to remain unsatisfied.
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Don't focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.
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What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.
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I'm just a young kid.
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Team competition is my priority.
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I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.