F. Sionil José Quotes
Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.
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The world needs some help.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I don't do negative things.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
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I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say, 'She's my best friend.' That's not a given, it's a process.
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As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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A lot of people think right-wingers aren't capable of being amusing at all. Not true. Mussolini looked hilarious swinging from that lamppost.
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The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.
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If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Time will come that all that we love, we will eventually lose, and all that we hate we will eventually face.
