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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool.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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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
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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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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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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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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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I hope that I never have to work in a place that sells large quantities of jeans ever again. Jeans are rough! It used to kill my hands. I know that sounds prissy - I'm not prissy at all. But it did; it killed my hands. It was awful.
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That's my sense of how crime works: that it's not any kind of calculated evil driven by the devil, but just control disintegrating.
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You really just have to have a good attitude, challenge yourself, and you can accomplish great things.
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People say the Internet's made of cats. The reason isn't because of cats; it's because people like to have an emotion where they say 'aww' all at the same time.
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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.
