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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."

"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."
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"I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society."

"Growing up in the Philippines, I loved all kinds of movies. We had a very healthy film industry there when I was a child. It's now gotten very limited. They only make action movies and hard-core exploitation movies. Women get raped; men get shot."

"Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best."

"But I think there's a genuine joy, too, a sense that no matter what, even if my stomach's growling, I'm going to dance. That's what I want to leave people with at the end of the play. After all this, people still know how to live."

"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."
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