Sometimes it pays not to be interested in what happened but in what did not happen.

As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct.

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

School made us 'literate' but did not teach us to read for pleasure.

Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot.

A historian can never claim to have the last word on anything as he is limited by his sources and further so by his viewpoint.

I guess if you go around with famous people you are assured of some reflected (or deflected) glory.

Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country?

He has made me glad and no one can make me sad. He makes me shout and no one can make me doubt.

Still, the word "boyfriend" starts to sound pathetic after age 30.

I'd love to star in dark drama that audiences could really relate to.

Your lawyer is your true mercenary. Under his code honor consists in making the best possible fight in exchange for the biggest possible fee. He is frankly for sale to the highest bidder.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

I'm not somebody who throws myself out in front of things.

Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge.

I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50 or 60 drafts. It can take from a day to two years - or longer.

Step up and shake the hand Of someone you can't stand, You can tolerate him if you try!