Alex Tizon Quotes

I first visited the Philippines when I was 29. I thought I would feel at home there, but I felt more out of place than I did in the U.S. I discovered I was more American than Filipino. It was shattering because I never felt quite at home in the U.S., either.

Alex Tizon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: filipino
  • Birth: October 30, 1959 - March 23, 2017

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I was the kind of Jew who'd be in a bar, somebody would say it's Yom Kippur, and I'd go, 'Really?'

Jill Soloway

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I think a player should be evaluated for what he does on the playing field.

Mauro Icardi

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I'm constantly surprised when people say, 'But you haven't changed!' It's like saying, 'You've got a wheel. Now why don't you make it a square?'

Angus Young

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If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.

Stephen F. Lynch

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I get quite disappointed that we're still telling stories that I think are problematic in terms of what they're saying about women.

Romola Garai

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Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

Liya Kebede

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You know what, I'm out there to give 100%, and I do what I think is best. I really don't care what other people think.

Dolph Ziggler

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I'm doing a Dylan Thomas film, Map of Love, with Mick Jagger producing again. It's a wonderful script.

Dougray Scott

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I grew up listening to people speaking broken English. I probably picked that up. And I probably speak English almost as a second language.

Christopher Walken

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I want to prove that actors are good, not just at working in front of the camera.

Coco Martin

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Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

Alfred Hitchcock

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Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.

Pierce Brosnan

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