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Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Alone Artistry Become Deliberately Distinct Done Emotions Must Profession Really Rigid Shaped Solitary Then Transition Well Words Write Writing You

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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Class Contemplation Luxury Middle Middle Class Rich Very

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I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of Confucius, Mencius, Chaucer and Shakespeare and Victor Hugo are looking over their shoulders.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: China Confucius Crippled England Feel France Ghosts Hugo Imagine Looking Over Shakespeare Shoulders Themselves Unsure Victor Writers I Can

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This is the harsh truth about us: not only do Filipinos ignore books, literature - we do not understand how important the arts are - not just to those of us who work at it, but to the nation as a whole.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: About Arts Books Harsh How Ignore Important Just Literature Nation Only Those Truth Understand Us Who Whole Work

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Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Achievements Churches Cultural Museums Natives Old See Tourists Want Well Whether

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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Broke Eastern Far High High School Japan Out School Senior Student University War

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The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and the Cebuanos.

~F. Sionil Jose

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Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: China Ethic Face Influential Japan Most Self-Respect Then Universal Value Where

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Colonialism subdues in many dulcet guises. It conquered under the pretext of spreading Christianity, civilization, law and order, to make the world safe for democracy.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Christianity Civilization Colonialism Conquered Democracy Law Law And Order Make Many Order Pretext Safe Spreading World

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All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.

~F. Sionil Jose

Topics: Cathedrals Christian Civilization Enduring Glory History Lofty Nation Pyramids Through World

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Biography

Nationality: Filipino

Type: Writer

Born: December 3rd, 1924

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