F. Sionil Jose

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F. Sionil Jose

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Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues.

F. Sionil Jose
knew , his , which
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Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life.

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literature , eastern , western
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

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reading , philosophy , history
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.

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contemplation , luxury , middle
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A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant to be.

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weak , people , equally
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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.

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senior , high , school
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I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.

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want , bored , listening
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.

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poetry , grief , everything
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.

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needed , fact , our
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In the end, religion teaches us to value truth, justice and freedom.

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religion , teaches , us
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I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to someone rich.

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tell , young , people
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Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.

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tourists , well , natives
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.

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writers , literature , greater
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I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.

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am , poetry , admired
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Of course, we are all egoists. Egoism is so much a part of our humanity.

F. Sionil Jose
egoism , much , part