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• We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

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• The guilty pleasure defense. In my view if it’s guilty, it ain’t pleasure.

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• The truth is, the more one knows about Art, the more one values Entertainment.

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• Food is the best substitute for everything, because it does not put up any resistance, but surrenders instantly.

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• Freedom doesn’t give you the license to do whatever the hell you want. It doesn’t give you the license to, excuse my language, piss on other people’s freedom.

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• We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

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• Food is the all-purpose comforter, the giver of warmth, the source of the artificial yet deeply appreciated sugar high.

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• What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.

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• If you are honest with yourself, your life will be so much more pleasant.

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• Never, ever point out that a woman is eating too much.

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• The expression “madly in love” is apt, for it describes a form of temporary insanity.

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• People will hate you for no apparent reason.

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• The reason men rule is because women let them.

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• While being madly in love is fun, perhaps one should aspire to be sanely in love.

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• I love humanity. It’s people I don’t like.

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• Life is a series of random collisions.

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• The more “normal” the person seems, the sicker she probably is.

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• We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

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• In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

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• What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.

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Jessica Zafra (28)

Birth:	1965
Nationality:	Filipino
Profession:	Columnist, Editor, Publisher, Writer

About

Jessica Zafra is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher, and former television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp and witty writing style. Her most popular books are the Twisted series, a collection of her essays as a columnist for newspaper Today, as well as from her time as editor and publisher of the magazine Flip.

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