F. Sionil Jose Quotes

The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.

F. Sionil Jose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: filipino
  • Birth: December 3, 1924

Topics

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TV is not accurate.

Joe Torre

AccurateTV

I love a lot of different styles, but my heart belongs in electronic music.

John Grant

LoveMusicHeartDifferentI Love

I wasn't always confident; it took me awhile to kind of assume my role in fashion and feel attractive and be able to walk into a room.

Andreja Pejic

WalkMeFashionConfidentFeelKind

I don't think poetry is something that can be taught. We can encourage young writers, but what you can't teach them is the very essence of poetry.

Robert Morgan

PoetryThinkYouYoungTeachTaught

I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago.

Amanda Hocking

CommunitySchoolCollegeWritingOut

St. Lucia was a place were we used to go on vacation - not every year, but we went there a couple of times. I remember the last time that I went there, I was really small, and the only memory that I have is that my dad was going swimming or fishing one day - and I really, really wanted to go - but I was too young.

St. Lucia

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Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write '6' on the label.

Stacy London

FitnessYourselfFeelYouBadSize

If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.

Roxane Gay

LookSeeHistoricalLikeManyToo

Scientists have this stigma of being guys or women in white lab coats with no sense of humor, no passion, devoid of all emotion, and that has been the complete opposite of the scientists I've met.

Michael Pitt

WomenPassionHumorSense Of Humor

Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV.

Doug Flutie

AttitudeExperienceFootballPractice

We actually say in 'Nightbreed,' 'God is an astronaut, Oz is over the rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters go.' There's a lovely sense in which there's a simple thesis being played out here. These are things you understand as a child out on the play yard.

Clive Barker

GodSimpleRainbowChildYouPlay

When people told me I'd never make it, I listened to the one person who said I could: me.

Shannon Sharpe

PeopleMePersonSaidNeverWho

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