F. Sionil José Quotes
I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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I read a lot of true crime growing up – 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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Henneberger: If the Bible is not literally true, does that mean we don’t need to take it seriously? L'Engle: Oh no, you do, because it’s truth, not fact, and you have to take truth seriously even when it expands beyond the facts.
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I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.
