Miguel
Miguel
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth23 October 1985
CountryUnited States of America
excited game gave run
You have to be excited because that run gave us the win. One game for us is everything. We've got to play every inning.
easy games great playing
I don't think about streaks. I mean, it's great to be playing so many games when I play the way I play. I'm really proud. It's not easy to do.
million
We have about 100 million cells interconnected in our brains. They communicate with one another through electrical signals.
appear begin brains cannot imagine individual kinds properties provide solutions
We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a brain-net. In theory, you could imagine that a combination of brains could provide solutions that individual brains cannot achieve by themselves.
We want to galvanize people's imaginations. With enough political will and investment, we could make wheelchairs obsolete.
believe came games nervous people watching
We just do it for our country. Now we play for our country. We know there are a lot of people just watching the games and a lot of people believe in us. That's why we just came up and we were a little nervous. We're nervous just because we want to do something for our country.
arrest job situation trying
You find them always when you're not legal, because they go to a job and they arrest you. Now that I'm in my situation here, trying to get my citizenship, you can't find them.
cabinet government grew ministers privileged running served
I grew up with a very privileged background. My father served as one of the cabinet ministers in Arroyo's government, and he's been a congressman for many years, and he's running again.
coming economy export home incentive potential rather sadly successive
There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them to come back home. Successive governments have, in fact, been training them to export them rather than working on the economy to welcome them home.
existing jaded teaching
If I were to go back to the Philippines, I would probably end up teaching creative writing at a university. I wouldn't be able to write, for I would become too jaded to be able to view the existing situation objectively.
appeals creating discussion learned trying
I've learned that I have to be happy with creating discussion and debate and that I shouldn't be trying to write a book that appeals to the consensus.
artist blog characters discussing filmmaker novel reads reason short starts work
I read a blog about this young filmmaker in the Philippines who made a short film, and one of the characters in the film reads my novel and then starts discussing the novel with someone. The idea that my book can inspire another artist and be part of that other artist's work... that's the reason I write.
anymore change create hope illusions literature masses positions power simply work
I have no illusions that my work can rouse the masses to create change, because literature simply doesn't have that power anymore in my country, if it does anywhere. But I do hope that it can be read by those who are in positions to create change, or that it can at least be part of that dialogue.
cliches effective writers
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull. And that's where writers must try to be artful.