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Must Quotes by F. Sionil José
- 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…
- The heart of the theater is the play itself, how it dramatizes life to make it meaningful entertainment. To achieve depth and universality, the playwright…
- To fund major cultural efforts, we must not rely alone on government and foundation patronage; if the farmer can spend for beer, he can pay…
- We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only…
- We must know our own roles. We should also know the roles that others play, and the rules such roles follow. In this manner, social…
- For them who delay aging, who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty - they must rejoice in the fullness of their deeds.
- As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of…
More Must Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a stage or two upon that road which you must travel in… — Aristophanes
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on… — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle