Quotes About Balagtasan

#1. It should be emphasized that the balagtasan also served a higher social and political function. More than mere entertainment, it enhanced the tradition role of the poet as purveyor of truth for the people.

Virgilio S. Almario

#2. Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated.

Jill Bolte Taylor

#3. We all have that certain Gage at some point in our lives.

Melissa M. Futrell

#4. My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.

Jim Evans

#5. Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

Karin Slaughter

#6. Early intervention programs enrich adverse family environments. The largest effects of the early intervention programs are on noncognitive traits. Now, what do I mean by that? I mean perseverance, motivation, self-esteem, and hard work.

James Heckman

#7. When I was five I thought auditions were a great way to get out of school!

Logan Lerman

#8. I realized that I'd been comparing the inside of my life with the outside of everyone else's; measuring my own fortunes against the cheerful how-are-you-I'm-fine facade that people put on for each other.

Marie Bostwick

#9. The hardware and the software used in the Breakthrough project will be compatible with other telescopes around the world, so they too can search for intelligent life.

Yuri Milner

#10. Every fancy that we would substitute for a reality is, if we saw aright, and saw the whole, not only false, but every way less beautiful and excellent than that which we sacrifice to it.

John Sterling

#11. I have always loved clothes, and the opportunity to design my own line could not be missed. It's a dream job.

Jasmine Guinness