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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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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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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It's easy for me to care about Toronto, because Toronto is a community that cares about itself. It represents the world. It talks to itself, and because it does, it figures out that there must be a music garden as part of its existence.
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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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I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.
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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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My voice is not for me. Every time I make a sentence I think how many people for how many generations had a voice that no one could hear. At most they will be remembered as numbers; in many cases, even numbers don’t exist.
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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 still love R&B - I kind of literally listen to everything.
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I grew up barefoot, dirty, climbing trees. It made me appreciate things more.
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I learned so much from 'Iron Chef' about ingredients, about the courage to put yourself out there.
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There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed.
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Let us see delineated before us the true map of man. Let us hear the dignity of his nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God-that consenting to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust, as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest or happiness.
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You have to see, kid by kid, what their needs are and what kind of parent you need to be for them.
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To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.
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Live with honor and follow your conscience.
