--- title: "4 Philippines Quotes By Jessica Hagedorn" description: "4 Philippines quotes by Jessica Hagedorn. Plus more from Jessica Hagedorn and more Philippines sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/jessica-hagedorn-20937_asia_on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-l_1727948.jpg" --- > [ \[On The Philippines:\] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-languages-are-spoken-we-are-a/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/jessica-hagedorn-20937_asia_on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-l_1727948.jpg) > [Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/growing-up-in-the-philippines-i-loved-all-kinds-of-movies-we-had-a/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94c/jessica-hagedorn-20937_action_growing-up-in-the-philippines-i-loved-al_2196072.jpg) > [Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/growing-up-in-the-philippines-i-loved-all-kinds-of-movies-we-had-a-2/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1c/jessica-hagedorn-20937_child_growing-up-in-the-philippines-i-loved-al_2417665.jpg) > [All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/all-the-fabulous-and-fearless-writers-gathered-here-whether-they-are/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/jessica-hagedorn-20937_abiding_all-the-fabulous-and-fearless-writers-ga_2706662.jpg) ## Other authors on Philippines - [Carlos P. Romulo 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/carlos-p-romulo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-francis-75890.jpg) Pope Francis 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/pope-francis/) - [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/gloria-macapagal-arroyo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-miguel-syjuco-67854.jpg) Miguel Syjuco 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/miguel-syjuco/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-manny-pacquiao-63040.jpg) Manny Pacquiao 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/manny-pacquiao/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-imelda-marcos-43273.jpg) Imelda Marcos 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/imelda-marcos/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-keith-14980.jpg) Benigno Aquino III 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/benigno-aquino-iii/) - [Pia Wurtzbach 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/pia-wurtzbach/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-apl-de-ap-5259.jpg) apl.de.ap 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/apl-de-ap/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jose-rizal-53210.jpg) Jose Rizal 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/jos-rizal/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-zhat-2183.jpg) Zhat 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/zhat/) ## More by Jessica Hagedorn > [We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/we-didn-t-have-television-until-i-was-about-eight-years-old-so-it-was/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/there-were-also-horror-shows-on-the-radio-very-terrifying-and/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/my-identity-is-linked-to-my-grandmother-who-s-pure-filipino-as-pure/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/music-is-very-influential-to-my-writing-as-are-theater-and-film/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/the-punk-scene-in-ny-was-so-gritty-and-nihilistic-i-was-like-ooh-i/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/i-don-t-know-what-issues-concerning-identity-have-helped-contemporary/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a Filipino mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/i-m-part-spanish-my-paternal-grandfather-came-from-spain-via/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/i-m-an-underdog-person-so-i-align-myself-with-those-who-seem-to-be/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [Writers and scholars have emerged in recent times (some familiar, some new) to continue to challenge the notion of a literature that encompasses the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/writers-and-scholars-have-emerged-in-recent-times-some-familiar-some/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/i-love-writing-dialogue-and-i-think-a-lot-of-my-writing-is-visual-and/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/i-think-for-a-lot-of-so-called-post-colonial-peoples-there-s-a/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't even get me started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/it-s-not-just-nyu-there-are-days-when-i-feel-like-i-m-stranded-in/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [“The Suffering Pilipino: We Pinoys suffer collectively from a cultural inferiority complex. We are doomed by our need for assimilation into the West and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/the-suffering-pilipino-we-pinoys-suffer-collectively-from-a-cultural/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/there-is-real-beauty-in-my-eyes-when-i-lose-my-mind/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) > [But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/but-i-think-there-s-a-genuine-joy-too-a-sense-that-no-matter-what/) [Jessica Hagedorn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-hagedorn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philippines/jessica-hagedorn/#itemlist", "name": "4 Philippines Quotes By Jessica Hagedorn", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jessica Hagedorn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-hagedorn/on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-languages-are-spoken-we-are-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/jessica-hagedorn-20937_asia_on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-l_1727948.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/jessica-hagedorn-20937_asia_on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-l_1727948.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/jessica-hagedorn-20937_asia_on-the-philippines-eighty-dialects-and-l_1727948.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal…” — Jessica Hagedorn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. 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