Benigno Aquino III Quotes
The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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I think every day we look at the mess of the chaos of the civil war in Iraq, I think every day people become more and more convinced that the war was a mistake. I think we have to learn from the mistakes of our past.
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Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing.
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Death may simply be an alteration in consciousness, a transition for continued life in a nonmaterial form.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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My neighbor doesn't want to be loved as much as he wants to be envied.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them.
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I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.
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The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's not funny. You can succeed in doing all the things you're supposed to do - be truthful to scene - and if it's not funny, I'm telling you that no one's gonna care.
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I think it's obvious that democracy is something that is contagious, and it always has been.
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Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
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The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.
