#philip

The person I am now, compared with the person in the dream, has been baffled and defeated and only supposes he enjoys a full life. In the dreams, I see what a full life really consists of, and it is not what I really have. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#valis #dreams

As you can see, there are quite a number of things taught in school that one has to unlearn or at least correct. ↗

— Ambeth R. Ocampo

#learning #philippine-history #philippines #rizal #school

Can you imagine the feeling of being an oppressed colonial being addressed respectfully by a colonizer in the mother country? ↗

— Ambeth R. Ocampo

#philippine-history #philippines #respect #rizal #imagination

Like the princess, Philip didn't believe in public displays of affection, which made it easy to mask his feelings. But he revealed them privately in a touching letter to Queen Elizabeth in which he wondered if he deserved "all the good things which have happened to me," especially "to have fallen in love completely and unreservedly. ↗

— Sally Bedell Smith

#love #philip #queen-elizabeth-ii #life

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#philip-pullman #young-adult #children

Yes, Your Grace," I correct her. "I am My Lady, the King's Mother, now, and you shall curtsey to me, as low as to a queen of royal blood. This was my destiny: to put my son on the throne of England, and those who laughed at my visions and doubted my vocation will call me My Lady, the King's Mother, and I shall sign myself Margaret Regina: Margaret R. ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#red-queen #the-red-queen #england

The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#beach #done #fly #helicopter #how

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#air force #american #back #base #casting

The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#bedroom #big #breakfast #day #even

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests. ↗

— Lee Kuan Yew

#big #cleared #clearing #indonesia #nest