Oh first, let me tell you how amazed I am by the wealth of talents in the Philippines. I remember watching a lot of home videos about Filipino artists, and they are really very talented. That really motivated me to always do my best and to stay inspired.

Dinah Jane

I first visited the Philippines when I was 29. I thought I would feel at home there, but I felt more out of place than I did in the U.S. I discovered I was more American than Filipino. It was shattering because I never felt quite at home in the U.S., either.

Alex Tizon

I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.

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I believe that there are many talented Filipinos and their talent is great and globally competitive, just waiting to be tapped. I don't want such great talent to be wasted.

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I've started my own record label - Jeepney Music - and I want to put out my own stuff and also stuff by other Filipino artists.

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I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

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If there's a Filipino flag waving, will.i.am whispers to me, 'Filipinos are over there!' And then I wave towards that direction.

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Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.

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In every Filipino family, the children always want to help the parents… that was my goal.

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It is very important for me to give forward in helping out every Filipino.

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I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.

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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years.

Benigno Aquino III

My administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.

Benigno Aquino III

When my father returned home on the twenty-first of August 1983, he had a speech prepared. Filipinos never got to hear it, because he was murdered right on the tarmac.

Benigno Aquino III

My parents were the traditional Filipino parents who didn't talk about money around the dinner table.

Bo Sanchez

For a lot of people, music is about the show, the lights, and all that. With Filipino music fans, they genuinely listen to songs.

Calum Scott

My mother is black and my father is Filipino. I got the best of both worlds.

Cassie Ventura

I just feel like a Filipina, a Filipino woman, and it just so happens that when I was growing up, I was very much an Australian, and I think you can be both.

Catriona Gray

We Filipinos bond over food, music, dance, and shares stories. And to Filipinos, no matter who you are and where you come from, you always have an invitation to celebration.

Catriona Gray

There is that whole realization that I'm not just speaking to Filipinos anymore: I'm speaking to a global audience.

Catriona Gray

Us Filipinos love Christmas so much that we have the longest Christmas season in the world.

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