Filipino Quotes - Page 2

• I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

  Jeremy Renner

  Fighting, College, Skills

  "‘Bourne Legacy’ star Jeremy Renner on ‘Avengers’ action and more". Interview with Noelene Clark, herocomplex.latimes.com. August 6, 2012.

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• If it's needed for me to have a drop of Filipino blood, I am willing to get it from Makati Med. My heart really belongs here.

  Daniel Matsunaga

  Heart, Blood, Meds

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• Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.

  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

  Economy, Ability, Businessman

  "I Will Follow My Father's Footsteps... I Am Prepared". Interview with Nelly Sindayen, www.cnn.com. November 8, 2000.

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• I came to know that in many ways it was a crime to be Filipino in California .... I feel like a criminal running away from a crime I did not commit. And this crime is that I am a Filipino in America.

  Carlos Bulosan

  Running, California, America

  Carlos Bulosan (1973). “America is In the Heart: A Personal History”, p.7, University of Washington Press

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• America is also the nameless foreigner, the homeless refugee, the hungry boy begging for a job and the black body dangling on a tree. America is the illiterate immigrant who is ashamed that the world of books and intellectual opportunities are closed to him. We are all that nameless foreigner, that homeless refugee, that hungry boy, that illiterate immigrant and that lynched black body. All of us, from the first Adams to the last Filipino, native born or alien, educated or illiterate-We are America!

  Carlos Bulosan

  Country, Jobs, Book

  Carlos Bulosan (1973). “America is In the Heart: A Personal History”, p.22, University of Washington Press

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  fighter's dream is to win a world title and gain financial stability.
  But what is happening to me now is the most humbling experience of my
  life. It is a great honor for me to be the face of my people and to let
  everyone know we are a small but mighty country. I have great pride for
  all of the Filipinos living throughout the world and it is these people
  that I fight for each and every time I step into the ring.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Dream, Country, Fighting

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• I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

  Jessica Sanchez

  America, Born

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• This visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda.  Together with many people throughout the world, I have admired the heroic strength, faith and resilience demonstrated by so many Filipinos in the face of this natural disaster, and so many others.

  Pope Francis

  Brother, Loss, People

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• My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.

  Mark Dacascos

  Mother, Father, Names

  "Mark Dacascos Discusses Brotherhood Of The Wolf". Interview with Scott B., www.ign.com. January 12, 2002.

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• Our opponent [Cory Aquino] does not put on any make up. She does not have her fingernails manicured. You know gays. They are for beauty. Filipinos who like beauty, love and God are for Marcos.

  Imelda Marcos

  Gay, Doe, Opponents

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• I was a very quiet, shy child. I grew up in a small town, Louisville, Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino girls, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn't look like everyone else and didn't feel I belonged... But these things only build character and make you stronger. It taught me to grow into the woman I was to become.

  Nicole Scherzinger

  Girl, Children, Character

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

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• I really want the pope to come into the pulpit and tell Filipinos to their faces what's wrong with them, because we refuse to listen to ourselves.

  Carlos Celdran

  Want, Faces, Pope

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• Filipino pride. I'm so excited, I'm just sending love to the Philippines. I know they've had a tough year and I just send out my feelings to them.

  Robert Lopez

  Pride, Years, Feelings

  "Oscars: Philippines Celebrates Robert Lopez's 'Let It Go' Win" by Patrick Brzeski, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 4, 2014.

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• I eat the same foods almost every day. I have my favorites like Filipino beef broth, chicken soup with lots and lots of rice.

  Manny Pacquiao

  Beef, Soup, Chickens

  Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• We must work with the Australians, the South Koreans, the Japanese and the Filipinos to contain China. And then we must ask for their support and their help with North Korea. Because believe it or not, China is as concerned about Kim Jong-Un as we are.

  Carly Fiorina

  Believe, Korea, Support

  Rush Transcript second debate: CNN Facebook Republican Presidential Debate, cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. December 16, 2015.

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• I'm really proud to be Filipino. Filipinos are really supportive, and I want to thank all of them. I love them!

  Charice Pempengco

  Supportive, Want, Proud

  "Charice: The next Celine Dion?" by Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. May 19, 2010.

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• May the deepest spiritual values of the Filipino people continue to find expression in your efforts to provide your fellow citizens with an integral human development.  In this way, each person will be able to fulfill his or her potential, and thus contribute wisely and well to the future of this country.

  Pope Francis

  Spiritual, Country, Expression

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• Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-control huge.

  Rainbow Rowell

  Asia, Huge

  Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Eleanor & Park”, p.53, Macmillan

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• Filipinos are called to be outstanding missionaries of faith in Asia

  Pope Francis

  Asia, Outstanding

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• Hundreds of barefoot Filipinos marched on the roads through the Philippines carrying heavy wooden crosses and whipping their backs until they bled to prepare for Easter. Call me old-fashioned but I just like coloring the eggs.

  Jay Leno

  Easter, Eggs, Philippines

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• I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace it one day. It will happen. I'm very sure of that. I still have faith in cinema. I still believe it can affect change.

  Lav Diaz

  Believe, One Day, Cinema

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm really happy to see Filipino cuisine starting to really take hold outside of the Pinoy community.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Community, Cuisine, Starting

  "A 'Brutally Honest' Taste Of Anthony Bourdain's Hunger Tour At Foxwoods". Interview with Leeanne Griffin, www.courant.com. September 26, 2016.

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• But lots of emerging racial tensions in California have nothing to do with whites: Filipinos and Samoans are fighting it out in San Francisco high schools. Merced is becoming majority Mexican and Cambodian. They may be fighting in gangs right now, but I bet they are also learning each other's language.

  Richard Rodriguez

  School, Fighting, California

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.

  Corazon Aquino

  Country, Order, Wife

  Corazon Cojuangco Aquino (1986). “Democracy by the Ways of Democracy: Speeches of President Corazon C. Aquino, Official Visit to the United States of America September 15-24, 1986”

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• I came from the Philippines and Filipinos are incredibly musical. I mean the best cover bands in the world come from Manila!

  June Millington

  Mean, Musical, Band

  Source: therumpus.net

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