"I said that if I were an industrialist……" — F. Sionil Jose
"I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so much that can be done in manufacturing, in food preservation."
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F. Sionil Jose
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58 Quotes by F. Sionil Jose
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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…
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In the Western tradition, the first writers were teachers and historians, vastly traveled, who spiced their reports with fantasies. They…
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My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.
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Poetry, fiction as novels or short stories - these are autonomous as created by their authors. They should stand on…
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You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation. As is often…
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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct.…
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the…
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A weak people and its equally debilitated leaders are bludgeoned by history. It maims them into the cripples that they…
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This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how…
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Japan is very cosmopolitan - it values its origins, but a world view hovers above this narrow perspective. The interest…
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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in…
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There are no miracles in agricultural production.
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