Filipino Quotes

• Let us teach our people again to be proud that they are Filipinos. Let us teach them to realize anew that being a Filipino means having as rich and noble a heritage of language, culture, patriotism and heroic deeds as any nation on earth. Let us teach a steadfast faith in Divine Providence, a stable family institution, the unhampered enjoyment of civil liberties, the advantages of constitutional government, the potentials of a rich and spacious land.

  Carlos P. Romulo

  Mean, Heroic Deeds, Government

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• Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.

  Imelda Marcos

  Beautiful, Stars, Looks

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.

  Jessica Hagedorn

  Grandmother, Imagination, Identity

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• I'm of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese descent, and was raised on Hawaii.

  Tia Carrere

  Chinese, Hawaii, Descent

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  War, Troops, Philippines

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• My grandchildren are growing up and they could not understand why the Marcoses are still being crucified although we keep on telling them that we did not steal from the Filipino people.

  Imelda Marcos

  Growing Up, Grandchildren, People

  The Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 1998.

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• The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Teamwork, Power, Focus

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• Filipinos don't realize that victory is the child of struggle, that joy blossoms from suffering, and redemption is a product of sacrifice.

  Jose Rizal

  Children, Struggle, Sacrifice

  "'Como se gobiernan las Filipinas' ('How one governs in the Philippines')". La Solidaridad, December 15, 1890.

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• It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.

  Ambeth R. Ocampo

  Home, Ironic, Philippines

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• I've always fought for my country, in my own way, showing that Filipinos are a strong people and can do anything that they put their minds to.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Country, Strong, People

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• All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

  Nonito Donaire

  Proud, Knows

  "Nonito Donaire Q & A". The Ring Interview, www.ringtv.com.

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• Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

  Imelda Marcos

  Ugly, Miserable

  "Homage to Imelda's Shoes". news.bbc.co.uk. February 16, 2001.

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• The identity of the Filipino today is of a person asking what is his identity.

  Nick Joaquín

  Identity, Asking, Today

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• Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Conquer The World, Giving, Soldier

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• The true Filipino is a decolonized Filipino.

  Renato Constantino

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• Filipinos everywhere are known for their love of God, their fervent piety and their warm devotion to Our Lady and her rosary

  Pope Francis

  Rosary, God Love, Devotion

  Pope Francis (2016). “Men of Mercy: Pope Francis Speaks to Priests”, p.74, BookBaby

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• I am so proud and so happy to be Filipino.

  Bruno Mars

  Proud

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• It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

  Lea Salonga

  Dna, Turns

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• I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is worth dying for.

  Benigno Aquino, Jr.

  Dying

  "Worth dying for". Benigno Aquino, Jr.'s speech before the Asia Society in New York City, visayandailystar.com. August 4, 1980.

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• The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity.

  Corazon Aquino

  People, Sincerity, Offers

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• "Filipino" is the Spanish side of our history. The islands were named after King Felipe, so we became known as Filipinos. It's a brand, it's a name. But we're Malays. Before colonizers came to our shores, we were Malays. My praxis is about being Malay - the struggle of the Malays before we became Filipinos.

  Lav Diaz

  Kings, Struggle, Islands

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however a bad Filipino government might be, we can always change it.

  Manuel L. Quezon

  Running, Country, Government

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• A strengthened national spirit can provide the motive power to rise our people from the depths and... pour new life and vigor in the national system.
  The reinvigoration of the national spirit must take place in the grass roots, in every city, town and barrio in the Philippines, and it must start among our own people... To be a worthy citizen of the world one must first prove himself to be a good Filipino.

  Carlos P. Romulo

  Cities, Roots, People

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• It's just starting. I think it's going to take another year and a half to get up to critical mass, but everybody loves Chinese food, Thai food, Japanese food, and it's all been exploited. The Filipinos combined the best of all of that with Spanish technique. The Spanish were a colonial power there for 500 years, and they left behind adobo and cooking in vinegar - techniques that, applied to those tropical Asian ingredients, are miraculous.

  Andrew Zimmern

  Thinking, Years, Cooking

  "Andrew Zimmern: Filipino food is the 'next big thing'". Interview with Veronica Meewes, www.today.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I prefer a government run like hell by Filipinos to a government run like heaven by Americans.

  Manuel L. Quezon

  Running, Government, Heaven

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