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"But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose."

"The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it."

"And the things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first."

"First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on."
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"When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers."

"Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows."

"I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back."

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

"They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system."

"Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes."
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