66 Quotes About Filipino

When you're doing something that you love, it's never work. It's just you being you.

As Las Islas Filipinas, Spain placed us into castes based on how Spanish one's blood was, colorism by DNA. It's why Filipino pop culture today still puts light-skinned celebrities on a pedestal (just look at our Miss Universe winners.)

Our clothing, our bodies, and even our names were reframed as inferior to those of our colonizers.

Immigrants and people of color are forged in such fires, shaped by heat and pressure. But in my four years at Vassar, I was chosen to be privileged. As a model student and Asian American, I never risked getting burned.

Pilipino ako, sapat nang dahilan `yon para mahalin ko ang Pilipinas.

Kung ibibigay mo sa akin ang puso mo, paano ka?""Hahatiin ko ito para sa ating dalawa. Ang kalahati ay para magmahal ka. Ang matitira ay para mahalin kita.

Nasasaktan ako dahil sa kabila ng lahat, mahal ko ang Pilipinas.

Sabi ng nanay ko, 'yan daw totoo... di raw dapat ikahiya!""E kung magnanakaw ka, di mo ikakahiya?""Sabi ng nanay ko, kung ikakahiya mo... h'wag mong gagawin!

Hindi achievement ang tawag ko sa gano'n. Suwertihan lang 'yong ipinanganak ka nang maganda. Ang achievement e something you work hard to attain.