"I eat death threats for breakfast!"

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Source : Miriam Defensor-Santiago (1994). “Cutting edge: the politics of reform in the Philippines”

Miriam Defensor Santiago

#Breakfast Quotes #Threat Quotes

“Few things are as encouraging as the realization that things can be different and that we have a role in making them so.”
“The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the best things there are here. Going by, you try to be as quiet as possible, better to let them sleep. Greek, Roman, sepulchres- palatial mausoleums made to order, phantomesque, signs and symbols of hidden decay - ghosts of women and men who have sinned and who've died and are now living in tombs. The past doesn't pass away so quickly here. You could be dead for a long time”
“You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.”

Source : "Will Social Media Make Us Anti-Social? A Talk With Gary Shteyngart". Interview with Mary Kuntz, www.theatlantic.com. October 26, 2011.
“I took my weight training to a new level.”
“What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure aesthetic considerations. Art never can be imitation.”
“I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.”
“The footpath down to the well is healed.”
“The world should be worried about those who go around the planet with a can of gasoline in one hand and a box of matches in the other, pretending to sell fire insurance.”

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