66 Quotes About Filipino

Like most Filipino immigrants I knew, I traded my accent for class anxiety.

In this schema, as in today's, your lot in life is determined by the circumstances of your birth, by the color of your skin. So the current use of 'mestizo' isn't so far off from the original...To dismiss the world's current popular usage is to deny the racism, classism, and colorism in this country's past, as well as their continued prevalence today.

Ibubulong sa daigdig, aasang may makikinig

Anu't anuman, dito naganap ang mga unang pangamba ko, na ang anak ko'y hindi na isang estudyante sa loob ng kampus...unti-unti'y nagiging bahagi na rin siya ng mas malawak at balisang lipunan, ng mga bagong tao ng ngayon na siyang magpapasiya ng bukas: isang malinaw na mata at tainga at tinig ng kanyang panahon.

Eh, it's all fun and games until they swore up and down they were teaching me how to say 'good morning' in Tagalog and I ended up telling Mickey to 'go eat shit.''Even in the depths of my possibly bottomless self-pity, that gets a laugh out of me.Leo knocks his shoulder into mine, another reminder of how fast we've filled up the air between us. 'Yeah, yeah, kumain ng tae.

I lived in a big bunkhouse of thirty farm workers with Leroy, who was a stranger to me in many ways because he was always talking about unions and unity. But he had a way of explaining the meanings of words in utter simplicity, like "work" which he translated into "power," and "power" into "security." I was drawn to him because I felt that he had lived in many places where the courage of men was tested with the cruelest weapons conceivable.

Jelle, if you really love Guji, you’d be willing to let him go and allow him to be happy with the woman he loves. Walang problema kung nais mong ipaglaban ang feelings mo pero dapat alam mo rin kung paano sumuko lalo na kung alam mong talo ka na.

Mahal nga pala kita. Mahal pa rin pala kita. At sa wakas, hindi na kasing sakit ng dati, pero mahal, masakit pa.

I am a Filipino, not a FilipiDont-know. Resourcefullness is in our culture