Benigno Aquino Jr. Quotes
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.
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To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.
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Starting in music, where I get a chance to connect with the lyrics of a song, I learned so much about performing on stage and connecting to your audience and to what you're singing about. Singing is very emotional. Every song has its own purpose.
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One of the things about jail that's weird is that you're sent to a place where you're supposed to sit there and think about your actions and their consequences and why you're there. And I think now, it turns more into - the minute you go there, it's just survival.
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I loafe and invite my soul.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
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I grew up barefoot, dirty, climbing trees. It made me appreciate things more.
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Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force.
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I'm a grandfather now.
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When you get to the extremes there is, sometimes, just the need where you have to stand up.
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I do have faith. I don't have faith that a God exists, nor do I have faith that one does not; I have absolute faith that I do not know, cannot know, am only human, am an infinitesimal creature packed onto a cramped planet crowded with seven billion bodies, and as many yearning hearts, and as many questioning minds.
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My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.
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I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I expect it's like writing in Manhattan, but there aren't as many tourists walking very slowly in front of you when you step out for coffee. It's like writing in Paris, but there are fewer people speaking French.
Colson Whitehead -
I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.
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Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes my work, but I don't like marketing myself, putting myself on display.
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Live with honor and follow your conscience.
