F. Sionil José Quotes
We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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I think I need security.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.
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The very phrase 'Make America great again' implies some kind of reset to a time long since passed. A mission to restore America to a previous default setting where American economic superiority was without peer, factories and manufacturing plants were humming, and jobs were plentiful for anyone who wanted one.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.
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I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.
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I mostly gave away what I had from the James Bond movie.
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Man, I'm 6 foot 8. I'm gonna be typecast. It's not like I'm gonna be the romantic lead, although that wouldn't be bad.
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There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one side in the belief that we will read them later on, perhaps even in another life.
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I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.
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We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.
