Ambeth R. Ocampo Quotes
It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.
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Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
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I still love recording and still love the stage, but like my dad, I have the most fun when I am in front of that glorious orchestra or that kick-butt big band.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Sometimes you want things so bad you will kind of lower your standards, and I've learned that once you do that, it's really hard to go back, to get people to respect you and respect your craft.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it's a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also - to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.
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I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a certain facade on or emphasize, 'Hey, I'm this. You need to believe it.' I just want to be the best that I can be, and if people like me, that's great, and if they don't, they don't.
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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I try to work on my defense every game, every practice.
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And I started it all. I threw the home-run ball.
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Duran is a mythological figure in Latin America. He grew up in a time of turbulence because Panama was basically occupied by the United States. So he felt obliged to fight Americans in the ring. He felt the whole pride of his country and the need for cultural and political emancipation in his hands.
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It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.
