"My biggest disappointment was, of course, the coup attempts, ... The economy was proceeding very well, but in 1989 we had the most serious coup attempt and ... many of the investors who were set to come here had to tell me that they chose to go to other countries because of the uncertainty brought about by (the coup attempt.) If that had not happened, I'm sure our economy would just be booming today ..."

-- Corazon Aquino

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“Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.”
“In the United States and other countries, there has been a decline in public and private support of the arts, including dance.Â Awareness that dance is not just entertainment but also a form of education and healing may reverse the trend.”

Source : Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.218, Rowman Altamira
“The disease we all have and that we have to fight against all our lives is ... the disease of self ...”
“People who leave their cars on the street with tape covering their broken windows are obviously too trusting. I mean, when your car did have glass for a window, someone broke into it. How is tape any more of a deterrent? What are the thieves going to say? Ooh, that like looks like duct tape, we can't beat that. Let's look for one with scotch or masking.”
“The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things-ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later, or six months, or six years. But he has faith that it will happen.”
“Jesus did not ask us to believe that his death was a blood sacrifice, that he was going to die for our sins.”
“Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.”
“Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced.”

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