We were all ready to die for the country but what we did not discover was we have to live for the country.— Jim Paredes, Filipino artist 20 years after the 1986 EDSA People Power
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Die and live for the country
Inverted fairy story
People Power is too often an inverted fairy story – the triumph of innocence coming at the start and the Ugly Sisters of intrigue and ambition coming on stage in triumph for the final curtain.— Mark Almond, lecturer in modern history
Throwing french fries
There was [really] little difference between someone acting throwing french fries in your face and someone throwing french fries in your face.— Russell Brand, British comedian while being interviewed to promote his movie.
Useful information
But information does not only want to be free; it also wants to be useful.— Philippine Daily Inquirer, broadsheet
On top of poverty
Kakatwang isipin ano? Sa isang bansang uso ang fastfood, diet, at liposuction, milyon-milyon ang nagugutom. (Isn’t it funny? In a country where fastfood, diet, and liposuction are popular, millions are hungry.)— Kara David, journalist
Doubtful under existing rules
We have not been lacking in people who tell us that the system itself must change as a precondition for solving our most pressing problems. However, it is doubtful if such people will ever be elected into office under the existing rules of the game.— Randy David, sociologist and columnist