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DICK GORDON on ROCK ED (NU 107)
DICK GORDON on ROCK ED (NU 107):
- “I want to raise you (the Philippines) up to the level I want you to be.”
- “You see when people vote, they choose the nice guy. The guy they feel they can talk to. They don’t vote for the tough guy who’ll get the job done.”
- “If we put in Kindle and buy 17M of those, we can bring the price down. We can put 9,000 books in it. The students will feel that I am important, my country loves me. You give the teachers P40,000/month, they will feel, “oh”, the best teachers will come.”
- “I like Braveheart because its very Filipino. May mga Ilustrados, Indios. I will tell you where I stand and I will never leave you…kahit lumulubog na ang barko.”
- “Surveys are paid for by people. You can have your own surveys. But don’t try to condition my mind. Its not a horse race. Singapore was biting the dust behind us. Now we’re biting the dust behind them.”
- “I like people who give back to the country. I do not like people who know what they do not want, but do not know what they want.”
- “I say no to people who ask me for money. I tell them gusto mo ba nakawan kita?”
- “I am not arrogant. I am only assertive. I am frank, candid, straight forward. I get the job done.”
- ON GAY RIGHTS: “They are people. They have the right to be gay.”
- “What this country needs is not a change of men, but a change in men. Do what you are supposed to do. We must do it together. The Filipino must be caring, compassion, competent, competitive, united, tolerant.”
- “A quality population is what we need. I would rather be responsible and not interfere. Work, save and invest.”
