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My father said, 'Aren't you going to do anything to help people? We have a whole rack of relatives who are always breaking the law. At least help your relatives.' And so that's what I did.

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I don't think so-called high technology matters in death. I think they had high technology before Noah's Ark. And it got lost because that was the first Ice Age.

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I refuse for any person or organized group to dictate to me what God is. That is really the height of insufferable hubris. I believe in just immediately putting to death or just putting over the cliff people who assume they know about God.

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Sexy is the attraction that is given as an encomium to women or men, or the capacity to attract the attention of the opposite sex because of their physical attributes.

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I'm not in the habit of going to a psychologist. I psychologize myself.

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The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness.

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There is simply too much corruption, too much money available for the taking.

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Sisyphus, you know, had an easy life.

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There are five requirements for an accused to turn state witness. One of the requirements is that the accused does not appear to be the most guilty.

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That's the very essence of pork barrelism, when you give a huge lump sum to a person and say, 'Well, tell us what you want it for, but you are free to decide where to spend it on.'

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Biography

Nationality: Filipino

Type: Politician

Born: June 15th, 1945

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