"Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States initial or baptismal experience in nation-building."

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Source : "Author Q&A: Miguel Syjuco revisits the Philippines' troubled past in Ilustrado". Interview with Brian Lynch, www.straight.com. October 28, 2010.

Miguel Syjuco

#Powerful Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Iraq Quotes

“That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever. Like water, the world ripples across you and for a while you take on its colours. Then it recedes, and leaves you face to face with the void you carry inside yourself, confronting that central inadequacy of soul which you must learn to rub shoulders with and to combat, and which, paradoxically, may be our surest impetus.”
“An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.”
“Sometimes I wish the girl would make the first move.”
“An injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.”

Source : John Rawls (2009). “A Theory of Justice”, p.4, Harvard University Press
“No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some.”
“If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.”
“And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.”

Source : The Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. May 23, 2004.

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