F. Sionil Jose Quotes

Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.

F. Sionil Jose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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And there's a lot of that stuff with people bringing their kids, kids bringing their parents, people bringing their grandparents - I mean, it's gotten to be really stretched out now. It was never my intention to say, this is the demographics of our audience.

Jerry Garcia

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I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have confidence that you have a clear direction to take, you always have confidence to explore other ways; if they prove to be mere digressions, you'll recognize that and make the necessary revisions.

John Irving

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When you're 16 years old, you're not afraid of anything.

Stephanie Sigman

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I keep a lucky red rag in my pocket when I bat, which has been a good luck charm for a few years.

Steve Waugh

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Mothers are so awesome. They do so much. They wear so many hats and have very passionate relationships with their kids, and with life, and I think it's a real balance having your own existence and then being this responsible, kind of loving person in someone else's life or several other people's lives.

Toni Collette

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I receive huge support from Irish and British sports fans alike and it is greatly appreciated. Likewise I feel I have a great affinity with the American sports fans. I play most of my golf in the U.S. nowadays and I am incredibly proud to have won the U.S. Open and U.S. PGA Championship in the last two years.

Rory McIlroy

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We used to go around tipping outhouses over, or turning over corn shocks on Halloween. Anything to be mean.

Loretta Lynn

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I give out similar advice all the time: Take a month to write down where your money is going. By the end, you'll have a road map that tells you where you can cut back.

Jean Chatzky

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But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.

Javier Bardem

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Sure, the first light snowfall may be a chance to dance giddily, leaving squeaky footprints through the neighborhood, marking the runner's right to the domain. But later drubbings of snow merely complicate running. Snow turns to ice, to slush, to ice again. Tire ruts twist ankles. New snow hides the hazards.

Don Kardong

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If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.

Johnny Van Zant

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Companies and leaders are role models - not just with the business community - but in the broader world.

Chip Conley

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