Benigno Aquino Jr. Quotes
I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying for.
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Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
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Citizenship and ethnicity can become, in certain contexts, restrictive, and perhaps that's one reason I was interested in people who feel compelled to mask their origins and thereby circumvent the restrictions.
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On the ice, if I slow down, I can coast behind somebody for a couple of laps. If I slow down on the run, it'll turn into a walk.
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It was a promise she knew I might not be able to keep. But I made it anyway because I was going to find a way to make it true.
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History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future.
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Seriously, I thought it would be one of those things that would just come and go.
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And when no longer we can see Thee, may we reach out our hands, and find Thee leading us through death to immortality and glory.
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Do not say the land ahead does not exist, simply because you cannot see it.
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Only where there are graves are there resurrections.
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Both thought and feeling are determinants of conduct, and the same conduct may be determined either by feeling or by thought.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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However, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty; and simplicity is essential to grandeur.
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Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
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I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.
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It's hard when you read an article saying bad things about you. It is as if someone is sticking a knife on your heart. But I am the harshest critic of my work.
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I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.
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I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying for.
