Showing posts with label qoutes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label qoutes. Show all posts

Thursday, October 31, 2013

On Paulo Coelho's Manuscript Found in Accra





Thanks to a dear friend of mine that I was able to get hold and read this one-of-kind piece of Paulo Coelho. I have been curious about Paulo Coelho ever since a friend of mine from a youth community kept on talking about his best selling book "The Alchemist". 

SYNOPSIS:


The city of Accra awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the gates. There, within the city walls, men and women of every age have gathered to hear the words of a mysterious man known only as the Copt. He has summoned the townspeople to address their fears with truth, hope and comfort. They begin with questions about defeat and struggle; they contemplate the virtues of loyalty and solitude; and they ultimately turn to questions of beauty, love, wisdom, and what the future holds. "What is success?" poses the Copt. "It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace." * * * Now, centuries later, the manuscript containing the Copt's extraordinary insights on courage, solitude, loyalty and loss has been unearthed from a cave in Cairo. A Manuscript Found in Accra is a revelatory exploration of our most enduring and transcendental values, and a testimony to everyday wisdom.
-from Waterstone---

Thursday, August 1, 2013

John Green's The Fault in our Stars



I've been hearing a lot about this John Green piece for a while and I've seen this book in bookstores where I usually hang around but never got to get one for myself.

It wasn't until I stumbled upon Read Philippines that I got interested into reading The Fault in our Stars. The overview kind of intrigued me into reading. Also, it's actually a July Challenge in RP where members are to post their thoughts and reviews on the book and there will be one lucky winner.  

Here is the short summary:

"The story follows the main character, Hazel Grace Lancaster, as she battles cancer. Not only is Hazel trying to live the normal life of a 16-year-old girl, but she is also struggling with what it will be like for her parents after she dies. While Hazel attends a church support group for cancer survivors, she meets a boy that is one year older than her, Augustus Waters. While Augustus had a type of cancer that causes him to lose his leg and wear a prosthetic, it also has a survival rate that is much higher than Hazel's death sentence."
 -"excerpt from Bookrags"

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Another Spoonful of Pick-up Lines


Sharing to you all these funny and stinging spoonful of pick-up lines. Enjoy!!!



Aren’t you tired?
You’ve been on my mind running thousands of miles.
-THE THINKER-


You’re like a Storm,
Because when you left your area of responsibility,
You left my heart in the state of calamity.
-PAG-ASA-


I forgot your name, can I call you MINE?
-AMNESIA PATIENTS-

I’m like a statue, I’m stuck staring right at you.
-STUNNED DOTA HERO-


You’re like my dentures.
I really can’t smile without you.
 -RENE REQUISTAS-


Do you have a map?
I can’t find my way to your heart.
-DORA, THE EXPLORER-


You need a life jacket.
I’m afraid you’ll get drowned by my love.
-LIFEGUARD-


Are you a Jamaican?
‘Coz JAMAICAN me crazy.
-CRAZY-


Friday, January 13, 2012

FUNNY PICK-UP LINES

PICK-UP lines are kind of trending right now in the Philippines. These pick-up lines can be really “corny” but well, it’s kind of funny, to say the least kahit pa madalas na kantiyaw lang ang mga nakukuha nang mga nagdedeliver nito.



Kung meron mang Flip-top which is the modern Balagtasan, where opponents debate through some kind of rapping, meron din Pick-up tournaments kung saan magpapasikat ang dalawang magkakalaban sa isang babae na pagdedeliveran nila nang Pick-up. Sounds familiar? Yeah, right! Bubble Gang na nga ang sinasabi ko. Hehehe, anyway, ano pa bang masasabi ko but that segment of the show really fascinated me. I know, OA na iyong ibang lines and the Defending Champion, Boy Pick-Up (Ogie Alcasid) delivers nonsense lines na walang kaconnect-connect sa tanong niya, I have to say na nakakatawa pa rin siya. Hayaan na natin. Trabaho nila iyon, magpatawa kahit nonsense na. Anyways, I’d like to share some Pick-Up lines that I have collected from some sites, my friends, from TV shows and radios. Have fun reading them friends.



Tuesday, November 16, 2010

LEARN FROM THE MOVIES

Never steal, never lie, never drink, never cheat
If you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.
If you must cheat, cheat deaf
If you must steal, steal away from bad company
If you must drink, drink for the moment that takes your breathe away.
(Will Smith in HITCH)

We usually ask ourselves to plan
The truth is, the only plan you have to do is plan to be surprised
(DAN IN REAL LIFE)

Love is not a feeling, it is an ability
(DAN IN REAL LIFE)

Even enemies show respect to each other.
(Priam in TROY)

Sometimes you have to serve
Before you lead.
(Achilles in TROY)

Never send a sheep to kill a wolf.
(WANTED)

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure; we ask ourselves; who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconciously give other people permission to do the same.
(AKEELAH & THE BEE)

A highschool boyfriend is not a husband. It’s an obstacle.
(Lex Luthor in SMALLVILLE)

So how do we separate?
Take the elevator, I’ll take the stairs.
(Lois Lane in SMALLVILLE)

People will adore you and love for all the things you’ve done for them but will hate you for a single mistake. That’s the irony of life.
(Aunt Jane in SPIDERMAN)

Sometimes fate has a cruel way of putting things together. Maybe its better if people just give up when there’s no point in fighting for something anymore. When the ship has finally sailed, only a fool would go after it when it’s already miles away. But sometimes, it’s a lot better to be a fool to go after what we want and need rather than to regret everything in the end because we never even tried.
(Capt. Jack Sparrow of PIRATES OF CARRIBEAN)

Put your hands on a hot water and a second seems like an hour but put your hands on a hot chick and an hour seems like a second. Now that’s relativity.
(DEEP BLUE SEA)

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they’re alive.
(Optimus Prime in TRANSFORMERS)

She loved me at my worst
You had me at my best
But still you chose to break my heart.
(John Lloyd Cruz in ONE MORE CHANCE)

Annoying others, means you are wise
Annoying yourself, means you are enlightened.
(Chow Yun Fat in BULLET PROOF)

Life is not the amount of breathe you take
It’s the moment that takes your breathe away.
(Will Smith in HITCH)

As long as love exists
There will always be pain
(Fourth Hokage in NARUTO SHIPUUDEN)

Some guys just developthe comfort to the opposite sex. They like women, women like them. Everything goes naturally.
(Will Smith in HITCH)

When someone really loves you, they will never hurt you and if they do, you’ll see that in their eyes, they are hurting too.
(Toby Mgwire in SPIDERMAN)

Emotion leads to hatred. Hatred leads to war.
(Danzou in NARUTO SHIPUUDEN)

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift that’s why it’s called present.
(KUNG FU PANDA)

It’s not enough to love me for what I am
You have to love me also for what I’m not.
(Anne Curtis in WHEN LOVE BEGIN)

Only true friends can be cruely honest.
(Donkey in SHREK)

I wish normal people have a heart that vampires do. Once they fall in love, they never fall out of love.
(Bella in TWILIGHT)

Things never happen same way twice.
(Aslan in NARNIA)

Sometimes real things are not seen.
(BARBIE AND DIAMOND CASTLE)

When you loved the one who was killing you it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give your beloved. How could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?
(BREAKING DAWN)

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times when one remembers to turn on the lights.
(Albus Dumbledore in HARRY POTTER)

Stand Out. Don’t Fit in.
(Camp Rock)

Sometimes letting go means you have to move forward.
(Clark Kent in SMALLVILLE)

Killing and compassion is part of being a leader.
(ONG BAK)

Be not afraid of greatness, some are born great. Some achieve greatness, some have greatness to rest upon. Take the best chance for us to be great in each day.
(SHE’S THE MAN)

You have to take control of your life for you to move forward.
(Ellie in CHUCK)

When you have someone you care about
It’s just hard to walk away.
(Sarah in CHUCK)

He who speaks does not know. He who knows does not speak.
(Jackie Chan in FORBIDDEN KINGDOM)

The best way to control your anger is to control your body.
(INCREDIBLE HULK)

Suffering is an option. Happiness is a choice.
(Derek Ramsi in AND I LOVE YOU SO)

No one can take a man away from his future.
(THE OTHER END OF LINE)

No one can ever hurt you without your consent.
(PRINCESS DIARIES)

As long as there’s a blade to take lives, there’s also a blade to save them.
(Amaru in NARUTO SHIPUUDEN)

A house divided by itself cannot stand.
(Clinton in NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM)

If your good at something, never do it for free.
(Clown in BATMAN)

It’s not what you got on the streets but what you make out of what you got.
(Andy in STEP UP 2)

Everybody get scared sometimes but you can’t let it stop you.
(Eddie Murphy in THE HAUNTED MANSION)

Sometimes being special just … sucks.
(Glee Club Adviser in GLEE)

You try, you fail, you try, you fail but the true failure is when you stop trying.
(THE HAUNTED MANSION)

The world can be nicer to you. If you would be nicer to the world.
(Jericho Rosales in I’LL BE THERE)

Reputation comes from the company you keep.
(Andy in SORORITY ROW)

Behind anger is hurt but behind hurt is love.
(Clarke in FUNNY PEOPLE)

One moment, you’re enjoying your life and the next day, you keep wondering how you ever lived without them.
(HITCH)

Climbing the highest tower is less difficult when someone at the end gives you something to hold on..
[TANGLED]