Miriam Defensor-Santiago Quotes

That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: filipino
  • Birth: June 15, 1945 - September 29, 2016

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The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to have 50 caliber, also said daylight bombing was right provided the planes attacked in formation, with 50 caliber guns.

Stuart Symington

BelieveAmericanEnoughSaidRight

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

Mike Figgis

TimeThoughtDoingMoreLittleFilm

Neither as a writer nor, moreover, as a leader of a nation should you use terminology that obscures the reality of human evil.

Joseph Brodsky

LeaderEvilRealityYouHumanUse

I'm a lot of fun on a date.

Diane Keaton

FunDateLot

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

David Strathairn

TalkingJournalismAboutAnyone

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure - that is all that agnosticism means.

Clarence Darrow

MenKnowIgnorantPretendSureMany

It might be a little embarrassing, but I never ever missed an episode of 'Dawson's Creek' growing up.

Brett Young

Growing UpGrowingMissedNeverUp

Senior tennis is like the younger game in slow motion. It is much more of a backcourt game. The player who had a big game in his prime finds it harder to play that same game as a senior. But any senior who could lob well when he was young can still hit a good lob.

Bobby Riggs

GoodGameSlowPlayYoungTennis

I write, or used to write, to explain to myself situations I couldn't otherwise solve or understand. Meditation comes very naturally to me.

Anne Stevenson

MyselfMeMeditationUnderstandUsed

Faith? Haven't any. I'm not a nihilist or a relativist. I don't believe in anything but change. I'm a Heraclitean - you can't step in the same river twice.

Philip Johnson

ChangeFaithStepRiverBelieveYou

All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.

Peter Singer

ManSufferingAnimalsProveHard

Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it.

Peter Jennings

LifeDetailAdmitFirstDedicated

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