Hill Roberts: My own quotable (?) quotes

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From Part 3, Hill Roberts's Quotable Quotes(?):

Originality - it's what many people lack . In the face of it, you're welcome to quote dead folk but don't expect them to say thank you.

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Part 3, Hill Roberts's Quotable (?) Quotes

Praise - it's an entrapment to lure you into their circle of friendship whether it's questionable or not.

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Part 3, Quotable (?) Quotes

Dynamism - If you lack it, it's because you think it's  like some kind of chemical implosion.

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Part 3

Praise >> when a person keeps showering praise on others, it speaks more about his/her inability  to relate, when face-to-face eventually takes place.

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Part 3

Guts>>You can have the guts to shame others, but make sure you're spotless yourself.

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From, Democracy is a sham in the 21st century--true or false?

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the need of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. - Plato

We can never be satisfied. There will always be that "something" we yearn for, or await. Sure, we may have many "wants", but we also would like those "wants" to be made available  without having to struggle to attain them. No obstacle is bigger than governments. To provide real opportunities and jobs for citizens spring to mind. But who will monitor such schemes if elected politicians ignore their own responsibilities?

Mankind deserve better but mankind alone cannot be the be-all and end-all of this earth. Mankind have a lot to answer for, as well as, responsibilities for the abuses, anomalies, wanton destruction and survival of all living things. Indeed, we can all be self-sufficient, rather than self-sufficing or self-effacing: gratitude must be observed and demonstrated, too.

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Dignity doesn't consist in possessing honours but in deriving them. - Aristotle

Some people seek dignity for the sake of validation and approval. A person can be dignified for a short time, depending on the circumstances. His/her true colour will show anyhow when it's just an act to save face. Dignity comes with grace. With natural grace comes good character.

(From, Democracy is a sham in the 21st century--true or false? http://fb.me/DCcWGNs4)

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Do you sometimes get addicted to something?
Well, strangely enough, I have become addicted to not drugs, alcohol, drink--I have opened two new community pages. It may sound silly but community pages have become my full time addiction. The two new ones are:
1. Getting Ready for the Philippine Elections in 2016--a community page that is apolitical. It will not endorse or promote the candidacy of a person, or people running for public/political office, or any party/parties for that matter.  The main aim/objective is to change the voters' basic view on voting, specifically, voting for voting's sake, without giving it enough thought.

2. Name and Shame the War Criminals

You are all invited to visit these two pages. I hope to get back to normal and post my usual quotes and other light-hearted stuff soon. Meanwhile, keep writing, dear forum members!
 

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Senator Enrile said  that Many Pacquiao would make a good bodyguard, rather than a peace negotiator, from one of my fb friends' wall. Here's my reply:

A below-the-belt comment indeed. Poor judgement from Sen Enrile. For starters, Manny is very intelligent. it is that fact that attracted me to him. I find him thoughtful, funny, forward-looking  and responsible. Yes, a highly-intelligent individual. To insult him because being a boxer is not a noble  profession--in the eyes of Enrile--reflects back on his own fear of moving forward in the 21st century.
So what if he lived in a cardboard box in the past? Doesn't Sen Enrile realise there is such a thing as rising to the top in a clean, non-political way? This is just the kind of mentality that those silly oligarchs and the elite  have, when they see people become rich--outside of politics!

I think I can put my hand on my heart  and say, I have lost that last ounce of respect for Enrile. Sorry, but once again, politicians self-inflict, always a dangerous moment when they do that. It is permanent.

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Ballad of the Third World, tenth stanza:

Authoritarians and autocrats enjoy a lifestyle,
where many can only smirk and smile
what they really know to be deceit and lies
ordinary folk could only cling to unwanted spies.

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Falling on Hard Times, third stanza,  From, A Collection of Contemporary Poems

Our actions are basically our own. Hence,

we put those matters behind, though regrettable.

Enormous self-pity makes us vulnerable.

Beyond our knowledge we are not able

to sort out what is wrong, or why.

Oh, for heaven's sake, it's real!

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I am a Democrat only on principle, not by instinct. Nobody is that. Doubtless, some people say they are, but the world is grievously given to lying. - Mark Twain

It's quite clear also that liars make wonderful politicians. Voters love listening to flowery words, where they play a big part in putting these politicians in power. Do Democrats have principles? Or, are they born liars in the sense of luring their followers into a trap of eventual misery, after they have officially ascended as the powers of the land?

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All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. - John Kenneth Galbraith

What exactly is the "major anxiety" of a leader's country's people? Why should there be excuses when leadership goes haywire? Why should a leader think that even the least significant could hamper the road to prosperity? Ideological approach  is good only in small doses.

Good leadership is vital to a country's prosperity  and economic growth, health and well-being. However, if leadership  means nothing more than leading his/her own party, because leaders need to please each of them, and not brave enough to make unilateral decisions, then what is the point  of it all?

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This is my reply to the status of my facebook friend, Richard James Mendoza, "Even Cory's so-called "restoration of democracy..." today, 26th November 2010 

I've always believed that the voters should not change the politicians, but change the politics in politicians. Otherwise, like in the case of Cory, she exacted the same personal thoughts on how to subscribe to the kind of government she wanted to have, believing that religious beliefs were  vital to the moral being of her country. The result? Pig's den.

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The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other root is the root from which a tyrant springs. When he first appears, he is a protector. - Plato

There are many tyrants in our midst. When a tyrant forgets how he/she started, i.e., as a protector, then goes into oblivion, comes back, says outlandish things how he/she saved a person, a village, a country, and then the world--my goodness, don't you just want to scream and tell him/her to go to hell?

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