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“When your values are put to test, go with your values” – Cora Guidote (as she advises Bea Soriano about life, 6 May 2010)

“I won’t expect, it breeds disdain. I refuse to hope, half of it is despair. I’d rather dream so I can just open my eyes when reality bites.” –  JNS (His Facebook post, 18 March 2010)

“Heroes are stronger than the weapons they carry.” – Patis Soriano (as I was waiting for my turn to get the report card of my daughter in Miriam High School last 31 August 2007, I was reading this quote posted on the classroom board which I thought came from US General George S. Patton Jr. - only to find out later that it was my daugther’s creative quote.)

“To stand up against social injustice, it takes a man who will become the sacrificial lamb.” – James Soriano (culled from my son’s entry in his blog on 24 March 2007  which I personally find interesting because it captures the realities in our society today. You can view the entire entry by clicking http://crazy4this-girl.livejournal.com/89738.html)

“Hope is not a plan” – Anderson H. Cooper (CNN anchor and Emmy Award-winning television personality as he was being interviewed by Oprah G. Winfrey on his reaction about hurricane Katrina which I watched in Manila, 26 March 2007. The quote was apparently taken from his recent book “Dispatches from the Edge”.)

“In the hearts of men, there lies the majesty of the law.” – JNS (the shibboleth I conceived for the use of my law firm, 28 February 2007)

“There is no such thing as quid pro quo with people you truly care for.” – JNS (in a conversation with son James, 10 January 2007)

“Many things are wrought in prayers than this world ever dreams of.” – Evelyn O. Ong. M.D. (quoting his dad’s constant reminder in an email on 16 January 2007)

“It is saddening to note that the people who are more privileged, those who have no reason to surrender their principles, would sell it for very little.” – James Soriano (quoted from his livejournal entry on 2 December 2006)

“Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.” – “V” (of the 2006 film “V for Vendetta” portrayed by Hugo Weaving, adopted from the novel of the same title by Alan Moore and David Lloyd)