
“I have always had a hidden wish, a frustrated desire, to run a hotel.”
Speech at the Hotel Exhibition, Olympia, 1969.[citation needed]
Leader of the Opposition
Source: What Is the What
“I have always had a hidden wish, a frustrated desire, to run a hotel.”
Speech at the Hotel Exhibition, Olympia, 1969.[citation needed]
Leader of the Opposition
“It proved to be much farther than I had hoped. It always is when you are running away.”
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 15, “The Land of Unknown Shadows: The Secret Masters” (p. 422)
“Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.”
Sicily, p. 109
Vokes - My Story (1985)
Speech on Civil Liberties http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1939/12/09/speech-of-president-quezon-on-civil-liberties-december-9-1939/, delivered on the occasion of the interuniversity oratorical contest held under the auspices of the Civil Liberties Union at the Ateneo auditorium, Manila, on December 9, 1939
Variant: I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by Americans
Context: It is true, and I am proud of it, that I once said, “I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by Americans.” I want to tell you that I have, in my life, made no other remark which went around the world but that. There had been no paper in the United States, including a village paper, which did not print that statement, and I also had seen it printed in many newspapers in Europe. I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by any foreigner. I said that once; I say it again, and I will always say it as long as I live.
As quoted in "Moon So-ri interview: “People usually run in sneakers, whereas I had to run in high heels”" in Eastern Kicks (20 May 2018) https://www.easternkicks.com/features/moon-so-ri-interview-people-usually-run-in-sneakers-whereas-i-had-to-run-in-high-heels
“I always pushed myself. Whenever I felt I needed to stop, I made myself run faster.”
Source: A Place Called Here