"Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it"

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Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado”, p.429, Pan Macmillan

Miguel Syjuco

#Demand Quotes #Good Things Quotes #Stem Quotes

“The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.”
“you seem to grieve for what is not so ... and there is no need to let your heart run ahead into evils that may never come.”
“Intelligence is the capacity to receive, decode and transmit information efficiently. Stupidity is blockage of this process at any point. Bigotry, ideologies etc. block the ability to receive; robotic reality-tunnels block the ability to decode or integrate new signals; censorship blocks transmission.”
“My mom had started to go to work when I was nine or ten, so I was aware of women trying to find their own identities by working. But I was still influenced by men to such an extreme. I wanted to play their games and wanted to compete in their world and be like them.”
“I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success.”
“The advantage does lie with us because we're at home and if we can't motivate ourselves for this match then we can't motivate ourselves for any match. I think the crowd will be up for it as well.”
“The drive to Black Rock City from San Francisco leads through the Nevada flatlands, past the jittering neon sadness of Reno.”
“It is not your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so the rest lies with god.”

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