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A test of values

JNS — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:42:36 +0000

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

I’d rather dream

JNS — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:10:52 +0000

“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)

On heroes

JNS — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:20:51 +0000

“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.)

Fighting social injustice

JNS — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:59:01 +0000

“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)

Planning for a disaster

JNS — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:10:04 +0000

“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”.)

The majesty of the law

JNS — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:30:32 +0000

“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)

When you truly care

JNS — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:27:11 +0000

“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)

Prayers shape the world

JNS — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:23:05 +0000

“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)

The irony of being privileged

JNS — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:41:38 +0000

“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)

Ideas are bullet proof

JNS — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:43:51 +0000

“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)