UP Professors’ Quotable Quotes
Posted on 2008.09.19 at 08:57…
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Dahil kami ang mga huling estudyante ni Dr. David at mahal na mahal namin siya, nag-compile kami dati ng mga quotable quotes mula sa kanya. Ito ang ilan:
“Meanings we find are the meanings we make.”
“WHAT YOU LEARN IN UP IS TO GO ON AND NEVER GIVE UP. THAT […]
A Thing of Beauty (Endymion)
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, […]
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PUBLIC LIVES
Public Lives : The death of ‘delicadeza’
By Randy David
Columnist
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Posted date: August 15, 2009
Repeatedly, in almost every issue we have faced in this country, the question is asked: “It may not be illegal, but is it moral?” Such a question would not have arisen in an earlier time when […]
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Dear Tony,
I enjoyed reading the reactions of your readers. One thing I discovered is one reader sent her observation on Chicago at the same time mentioning her poet husband’s name with initial FG David. If I am not mistaken, Ethel’s husband could be “FREDI GUSTO” David a classmate in Professor Armando Malay’s 1959 Journalism Class […]
By HOWARD CHUA-EOAN – Mon Aug 3, 1:30 am ET
The arc of Corazon Aquino’s life lent itself to maxims, but two hard-nosed ones seem particularly worth pointing out. First, political sainthood is a gift from heaven with a Cinderella deadline - once past midnight, you are a pumpkin. Second, personal virtues are never a guarantee of effective or successful governance. What […]
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49 mins ago
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, has died, her family said Friday. She was 76.
Her “people power” revolt in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests across the globe, […]
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my Hallmark moment
of the third you’ve missed
for the candles not blown
those gifts not given
the meals not shared
and for the jokes not made;
But this is a wish still whispered
for a day
that’s as special today
as it ever was