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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs,…
In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They were also…
My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on their own,…
You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often said, the…
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their…
Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of…
A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they are meant…
This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the…
Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest of the…
I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.

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Though I love my country, I do not love my countrymen. — Lord Byron
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I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect,… — Thomas Jefferson
Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our… — Bertrand Russell
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt. — Swami Vivekananda
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My detention has been worth every second if only to prove my innocence to those who truly matter most my countrymen. — Joseph Estrada
Let no man dare, when I am dead. to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that… — Robert Emmet
A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this… — Thomas Francis Meagher
I have heard your orators speak on many questions. One among them the so-called vital question of money which is above all… — Virchand Gandhi
Each of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other-male in female, female in male, white in black, and black in white. We… — James A. Baldwin
I write to please myself—of course, that is a given. But beyond this reach for pleasure, I know that I write for… — F. Sionil JosÃ©

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