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John Gokongwei Quotes

I don't usually make political comments, because I am a businessman, not a politician.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: chinese
Birth: August 11, 1926

Topics

I Am Political Because Politician Am

I have health challenges, I have life challenges, just like everyone else.

Jennifer Holliday

Life Health Challenges Everyone Just

I frequently find after a rehearsal of a performance that I have more breath, and can walk better and climb stairs better than I could before. It's as if I've expanded my lungs doing it. Basically speaking, conducting is quite a healthy profession.

Walk Climb Performance Better Doing

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

Chance Thought Doing Dream Never

I love working for a company full of geeks.

Love Company Working Full Geeks

I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.

Suits Go Serious Never Office Wear

All my family look Irish. They act Irish. My sister even has red hair... it's crazy. I'm the one that doesn't seem Irish. None of the kids in my family, my siblings, speak with an Irish accent... we've never lived there full-time; we weren't born there. We just go there once or twice a year. It's weird. Our parents sound Irish, but we don't.

Family Red Parents Sister Hair Year

Usually a family is led through the mom or the dad and their career and for the family to be led by my career, even though God has led it, could be a lot of pressure.

Family God Mom Pressure Career Even

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

Stewart Copeland

Police People American Way Band

I don't even want to be on Twitter. I think it's abhorrent, people sending messages to say they're doing the washing-up or whatever.

People Think Doing Say Want Even

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously.

Music Guitar Early Seriously Playing

Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.

Love Music People Doing Enjoy You

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself.

Myself I Am Me Tradition Long Line

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