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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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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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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Four or five frigates will do the business without any military force.
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Going to a restaurant is one of my keenest pleasures. Meeting someplace with old and new friends, ordering wine, eating food, surrounded by strangers, I think is the core of what it means to live a civilised life.
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If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.
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Here's what I believe a soul is - at least this, I believe it's at least this. I believe that every kindness that we create in our lives, if it came because we were affected by a person we loved and lost, that person lives through that kindness. That's what a soul is.
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Noise ain't Truth, Noise is what men want to be true, and there's a difference twixt those two things so big that it could ruddy well kill you if you don't watch out.
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Live with honor and follow your conscience.
