"Language as a communication tool is the primary……" — F. Sionil Jose
"Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted."
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F. Sionil Jose
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58 Quotes by F. Sionil Jose
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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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I said that if I were an industrialist or entrepreneur, I would invest in agriculture-based enterprises, for there is so…
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More Chanted Quotes
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Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs,…
— Erica Jong
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I'll admit, it gives me a real buzz when I hear my name being chanted and that feeling is the…
— Steven Gerrard
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Together, joined in effort by the burden, they staggered up the last steep of the mountain. Together, they chanted One!…
— William Golding
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Every asshole who ever chanted 'Drill baby drill' should have to report to the Gulf coast today for cleanup duty.
— Bill Maher
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As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out…
— Ishmael Beah
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Don't know if Boston was real or lucid dream. When they chanted Diesel, it sure as hell felt real for…
— Kevin Nash
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Children, pray for the good of everyone. We should pray to God to give a good mind even to those…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it.…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, "more bright than morn!" And voices chanted clear and sweet,…
— James Russell Lowell
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The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or…
— Thomas Merton
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IN PERSIA I SAW that poetry is meant to be set to music & chanted or sung--for one reason alone--because…
— Hakim
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You know the law, Dresden." "He who kills the cheer springs for beer," chanted the rest of the table.
— Jim Butcher
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