F. Sionil Jose Quotes

We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to read in them. It is the same with radio - all that noise, that artifice.

F. Sionil Jose

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but grumble with the rest.

Jerome K. Jerome

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I loved 'Matilda.' The kids are so brilliant and uninhibited. They were inspiring. Seeing them onstage, just going wild, reminded me of when I was that age. I was excited for them and completely taken by their innocence and hard work.

Matthew James Thomas

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I had a respected SF writer call me 'girlie' and demand that I get him a coffee, before the panel we were on together.

Ann Aguirre

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It is exciting to have two sports teams close to where you live.

Steve Clevenger

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Back when I was a student, I had Steve Jobs over to my house for a fireside chat with the GSB High Tech Club.

Steve Jurvetson

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I had classical training at London's Royal Ballet School, and my first job was with the Semperoper Dresden ballet company in Germany.

Sonoya Mizuno

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The thing we found out was, when you get to a Super Bowl, both teams are treated the same, talked about in glowing terms. But when the game is over, only the team that won matters.

Don Shula

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I'm much softer than people think. I don't present to the world an emotional face. I'm pretty good at self-control, but I am easily moved.

Christopher Lee

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I don't need to have a retirement, retire your jersey, all that stuff to solidify my career.

Brett Favre

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And I enjoyed the celebrity and the creativity that was involved in Star Trek.

William Shatner

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Super Bowl XXXII was a victory made long before stepping on that field in San Diego in 1998. It was earned with my brother guiding me as a kid in Glennville, Ga., and as a seventh-round pick out of Savannah State. Even at the pinnacle, that ring was always his.

Shannon Sharpe

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I was in more of the artsy crowd in high school.

Noureen DeWulf

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