Demand Quote by Miguel Syjuco

“Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it” quote by Miguel Syjuco — Download Open image

“Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it”

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“He fidgets. Thinks. Observes his fellow passengers. Judges everyone, in the traditional Filipino sport of justifying both personal and shared insecurities.”

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“Let me welcome you to my first country, my Third World.”

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“A man's life is all he has. When you're old, it's all you'll ever have.”

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“The little things, you know, eventually become everything.”

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“A father must take credit for his child, but never a child for his father.”

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I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

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