Benigno Aquino III Quotes
I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
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Bitcoin is both disruptive from a technology perspective, but there's a tremendous power of social good behind it. So you can both build a cool business or have a great investment return, and there's the promise of potentially improving the remittance industry or banking the unbanked.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I would love to do a play, but I don't know about musical theatre. I've never done anything like that.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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People like Jeff Buckley, the Mars Volta and Bjork made me listen to music differently. You learn the voice is an instrument you can do crazy things with.
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I like the idea of sending my Aquazurra girls out with a lucky charm under their feet.
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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
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I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.
