"The literary depiction of life and its moral……" — F. Sionil Jose
"The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong."
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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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More Compel Quotes
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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants' hall.
— James M. Barrie
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It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the…
— Bruce Barton
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No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or…
— Thomas Carlyle
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To advise is not to compel.
— Anton Chekhov
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been…
— B R Ambedkar
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...we must face the fact that unilateral action on the part of the United States will never be enough to…
— Barbara Jordan
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When on life's journey it becomes our lot to travel with criticism of skeptics, the hate of some, the rejection…
— Unknown Author
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In order to persuade Britain to pack up, to compel her to make peace, it was essential to rob her…
— Adolf Hitler
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With the defeat of the Reich and pending the emergence of the Asiatic, the African and, perhaps, the South American…
— Adolf Hitler
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Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious…
— George Washington
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At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are…
— Lucretius
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No individual or private group or private organization has the legal power to initiate the use of physical force against…
— Ayn Rand
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