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Quotes About Filipino

There's such a huge diaspora of Filipino workers around the world and I want to help tell their story.
~ Pia Wurtzbach
Filipino fighters are very tough, they have great heart every time they step into a ring or a cage.
~ Andrei Arlovski
Your aspiration is really for the country to be better. I think that's exactly what I've gone through - a Filipino who may live elsewhere but who cares just as much for the country.
~ Grace Poe
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
Filipino businessmen must have the ability to compete freely in the global economy.
~ Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
My mom raised us like we were still in the Philippines. She tried to cure everything at home like a real Filipino woman. You had to die to go to the hospital. My mom cured everything with Vicks VapoRub. I should've died nine times when I was a kid!
~ Jo Koy
There was never a time that I thought of renouncing my Filipino citizenship. I never abandoned my country. I've been here through thick and thin. Jojo Binay is a Filipino.
~ Jejomar Binay
The divine flame of thought is inextinguishable in the Filipino people, and somehow or other it will shine forth and compel recognition. It is impossible to brutalize the inhabitants of the Philippines!
~ Jose Rizal
I've started my own record label - Jeepney Music - and I want to put out my own stuff and also stuff by other Filipino artists.
~ apl.de.ap
Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.
~ Ferdinand Marcos
I got a big Filipino family. That's what I love about being Pinoy: we all gotta surround ourselves with family; we all gotta laugh and do things together. I love it! It's family first.
~ Jo Koy
I articulate the deepest need of the Filipino people, which is reform of a corrupt culture.
~ Miriam Defensor-Santiago
My administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.
~ Benigno Aquino III
I have not met a Filipino actor who didn't dream of working on an 'FPJ' remake.
~ Coco Martin
My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
~ Ferdinand Marcos
Lucha libre culture was part of my wrestling upbringing. I'm Filipino, so it wasn't a part of my normal upbringing, but it's what gave me my start. I get a lot of my technical and high-flying wrestling from that.
~ T. J. Perkins
I will prove my innocence, ... I guarantee the Filipino people that I will be vindicated because the truth is on my side.
~ Joseph Estrada
Singing seems to be inherent in Filipino, just as it is in my race. That's why I have this affinity with Filipinos.
~ Luke Evans
For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of my stock consists of Filipino books written in English and in the native languages.
~ F. Sionil Jose
I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.
~ apl.de.ap
I always wanted to let people know I was Filipino, but I didn't want to go up on stage and make it so you wouldn't understand my jokes because you're white or black. I always wanted to let people know I was Filipino through my mom. That was always my goal. That way, everyone got it. You don't have to be Filipino to understand my mom.
~ Jo Koy
Self-interest in Filipino politics was openly celebrated.
~ Sterling Seagrave
John Paul gunned the engine. It flooded, coughing blue smoke as it died. Grabbing the hammer from Jonas, the Filipino tore off the outboard's hood and proceeded to whack the motor, the loud blows reverberating across the deck. Jonas yelled, "John Paul... no!" A
~ Steve Alten
We want to uplift the culture of Filipino - our respect to our elders, how we pray before we eat and sleep. These are things the younger generations tend to forget because of our exposure to other cultures.
~ Coco Martin