"It should be emphasized that the balagtasan also served a higher social and political function. More than mere entertainment, it enhanced the tradition role of the poet as purveyor of truth for the people."

-- Virgilio S. Almario

#People Quotes #Political Quotes #Roles Quotes

“True love always brings joy to ourself and the one we love. If our love does not bring joy to both of us, it is not true love.”
“There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you. That's never possible.”
“One's too many and a hundred's not enough.”
“There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.”

Source : Matthew Simpson (1885). “Sermons”
“Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.”

Source : Richard Hugo (1992). “The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company
“More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013.”
“But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.”
“Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.”

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