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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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
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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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When I was born, my father was governor of Arkansas.
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It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere.
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I've always tried to not let movie, television or theatre be all that my life is about. I've always tried to get involved in the community or my family now I have kids.
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Nobody should force you to do a bad piece of work in your whole life - no client, no creative director, nobody. The job isn't to please the client; the job is to produce something for the client that makes them incredibly successful.
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I'm my biggest inspiration. And I say this in the most humble way. I've been through so much, just in my life.
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We write from life and call it literature, and literature lives because we are in it.
