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Quotes by Brazilian Authors

"It takes two to Tao."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"It takes two to Tao."
"Rules for navigating the net, Or people will roll their eye Lest you can't roll the R rect: Literally, don t dink and dive!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Rules for navigating the net, Or people will roll their eye Lest you can't roll the R rect: Literally, don t dink and dive!"
"It's all a series of serendipities with no beginnings and no ends. Such infinitesimal possibilities Through which love transcends."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"It's all a series of serendipities with no beginnings and no ends. Such infinitesimal possibilities Through which love transcends."
"If you want to heal a broken heart,Be smart! That's all an ancient art.Start by loving the very small partsThat were left there shattered apart."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"If you want to heal a broken heart,Be smart! That's all an ancient art.Start by loving the very small partsThat were left there shattered apart."
"I'm afraid of committing myself, she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none."
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Paulo Coelho
"I'm afraid of committing myself, she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none."
"When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing."
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Paulo Coelho
"When we turn around & come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practising what they preach. It's one thing to describe a situation & quite another to experience it. I realised a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does & not from what he imagines himself doing."
"Why is patience so important?""Because it makes us pay attention."
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Paulo Coelho
"Why is patience so important?""Because it makes us pay attention."
"Fear exists before and after, but not while the shots are being fired, because, at that moment, you see men at their very limit, capable of the most heroic of actions and the most inhumane."
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Paulo Coelho
"Fear exists before and after, but not while the shots are being fired, because, at that moment, you see men at their very limit, capable of the most heroic of actions and the most inhumane."
"A Warrior of the Light makes decisions. His soul is as free as the clouds in the sky, but he is committed to his dream. On his freely chosen path, he often has to get up earlier than he would like, speak to people from whom he learns nothing, make certain sacrifices. His friends say: "You're not free.The Warrior is free. But he knows that an open oven bakes no bread."
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Paulo Coelho
"A Warrior of the Light makes decisions. His soul is as free as the clouds in the sky, but he is committed to his dream. On his freely chosen path, he often has to get up earlier than he would like, speak to people from whom he learns nothing, make certain sacrifices. His friends say: "You're not free.The Warrior is free. But he knows that an open oven bakes no bread."
"All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society."
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Paulo Coelho
"All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society."
"Seropusly, why do flies line up in the sky every time someone lies? Hovering over they long to take the shit out from where It belongs so They compete to eat it alive."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Seropusly, why do flies line up in the sky every time someone lies? Hovering over they long to take the shit out from where It belongs so They compete to eat it alive."
"Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all."
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Paulo Coelho
"Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all."
"There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat."
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Paulo Coelho
"There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat."
"The grandeur of God reveals itself through simple things."
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Paulo Coelho
"The grandeur of God reveals itself through simple things."
"The acomodador or giving-up point: there is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress: a trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, a disappointment in love, even a victory that we did not quite understand, can make cowards of us and prevent us from moving on. As part of the process of increasing his hidden powers, the shaman must first free himself from that giving-up point and, to do so, he must review his while life and find out where it occured."
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Paulo Coelho
"The acomodador or giving-up point: there is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress: a trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, a disappointment in love, even a victory that we did not quite understand, can make cowards of us and prevent us from moving on. As part of the process of increasing his hidden powers, the shaman must first free himself from that giving-up point and, to do so, he must review his while life and find out where it occured."
"We should learn to smile as we fall, So much so as when we have it all."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"We should learn to smile as we fall, So much so as when we have it all."
"A good writer is also an avid reader. A good reader is also a vivid dreamer. A good dreamer is also a good learner. And a good learner is definitely a good listener. A good listener is always looking to what the heart speaks. A spoken heart talks directly to a silent soul. And a silent soul is most of the time in pace with a peaceful thought. A peaceful thought is also a good writer..."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"A good writer is also an avid reader. A good reader is also a vivid dreamer. A good dreamer is also a good learner. And a good learner is definitely a good listener. A good listener is always looking to what the heart speaks. A spoken heart talks directly to a silent soul. And a silent soul is most of the time in pace with a peaceful thought. A peaceful thought is also a good writer..."
"The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us."
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Paulo Coelho
"The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us."
"We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear."
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Paulo Coelho
"We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear."
"Hough we travel the whole over to find the perfect match,we must carry it with us a light or it's playing hard to catch."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Hough we travel the whole over to find the perfect match,we must carry it with us a light or it's playing hard to catch."
"A seeker of radical strenght Keeps everything on track, Feeble force yields at length, Not sure where to go back. When one can't find courage, And all the efforts seem vain, It's advised to fight like a sage: Be powerful like a bullet train! Too much work and no play Can make a brain go astray! Determined to live and stay Can lead life into a long way."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"A seeker of radical strenght Keeps everything on track, Feeble force yields at length, Not sure where to go back. When one can't find courage, And all the efforts seem vain, It's advised to fight like a sage: Be powerful like a bullet train! Too much work and no play Can make a brain go astray! Determined to live and stay Can lead life into a long way."
"This is the present moment. Learn how to gobble it up without fear or guilt."
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Paulo Coelho
"This is the present moment. Learn how to gobble it up without fear or guilt."
"Men who have nothing to lose never give a thought for eternal life."
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Paulo Coelho
"Men who have nothing to lose never give a thought for eternal life."
"Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends."
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Paulo Coelho
"Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends."
"When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple."
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Paulo Coelho
"When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple."
"If I knew then what I know now I guess it'd make no difference, Fate's sure in the way somehow. What's important is the essence. Although we still have free will We also have a whole lot to deal."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"If I knew then what I know now I guess it'd make no difference, Fate's sure in the way somehow. What's important is the essence. Although we still have free will We also have a whole lot to deal."
"Flowers teach us that nothing is permanent: not their beauty, not even the fact that they will inevitably wilt, because they will still give new seeds.Remember this when you feel joy, pain, or sadness.Everything passes, grows old, dies, and is reborn."
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Paulo Coelho
"Flowers teach us that nothing is permanent: not their beauty, not even the fact that they will inevitably wilt, because they will still give new seeds.Remember this when you feel joy, pain, or sadness.Everything passes, grows old, dies, and is reborn."
"What did the mat say to the door? You must be really aDOORable to open up to everyone who knock at you. And I welcome everyone and what do I get? People stepping all over me."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"What did the mat say to the door? You must be really aDOORable to open up to everyone who knock at you. And I welcome everyone and what do I get? People stepping all over me."
"True love finds its own waysTo spread goodness, always."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"True love finds its own waysTo spread goodness, always."
"Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey."
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Paulo Coelho
"Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey."
"...you are different from me, because you want to realize your dreams, I just want to dream...I'm afraid it will all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream..."
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Paulo Coelho
"...you are different from me, because you want to realize your dreams, I just want to dream...I'm afraid it will all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream..."
"Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint the sweetest face and the tenderest embrace bring the sun to every place in such grace."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Love without restraint makes one saint and the other faint the sweetest face and the tenderest embrace bring the sun to every place in such grace."
"Some say Twitter is overrated.Some love it, others hate it.I guess it depends on what you've got,If you have guts to write a funny plot!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Some say Twitter is overrated.Some love it, others hate it.I guess it depends on what you've got,If you have guts to write a funny plot!"
"I've been living for too long abroad and aboard, Methinking the concept of being grounded or floored."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"I've been living for too long abroad and aboard, Methinking the concept of being grounded or floored."
"The Warrior looks at the column of Fear, where he reads: "you are about to enter an unknown and dangerous world where all that you have learned up to now will be of no use whatsoever.The Warrior of Light looks at the column of Desire, where he reads: "you are about to leave a known world where all the things you always wanted and all that you have fought so hard for are kept.The Warrior smiles, because nothing can frighten him and nothing can hold him. With the confidence of those who know what they want, he opens the door."
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Paulo Coelho
"The Warrior looks at the column of Fear, where he reads: "you are about to enter an unknown and dangerous world where all that you have learned up to now will be of no use whatsoever.The Warrior of Light looks at the column of Desire, where he reads: "you are about to leave a known world where all the things you always wanted and all that you have fought so hard for are kept.The Warrior smiles, because nothing can frighten him and nothing can hold him. With the confidence of those who know what they want, he opens the door."
"When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do."
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Paulo Coelho
"When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do."
"Madness is the inability to communicate your ideas. It's as if you were in foreign country, able to see and understand everything that's going on around you, but incapable of explaining what you need to know or of being helped, because you don't understand the language they speak there." 'We've all felt that.' 'And all of us, one way or another, are mad."
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Paulo Coelho
"Madness is the inability to communicate your ideas. It's as if you were in foreign country, able to see and understand everything that's going on around you, but incapable of explaining what you need to know or of being helped, because you don't understand the language they speak there." 'We've all felt that.' 'And all of us, one way or another, are mad."
"He does not need to be an emperor, but a prince.If he has enough charm or elegance to convince."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"He does not need to be an emperor, but a prince.If he has enough charm or elegance to convince."
"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering."
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Paulo Coelho
"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering."
"...the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent."
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Paulo Coelho
"...the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent."
"If you do not want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead...be read, or try coming back and pull the feet of those who are still alive instead!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"If you do not want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead...be read, or try coming back and pull the feet of those who are still alive instead!"
"Treat me well and I will tell... Treat me bad and I feel sad. Treat me good, change my mood. Treat me sweet and call it quits!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Treat me well and I will tell... Treat me bad and I feel sad. Treat me good, change my mood. Treat me sweet and call it quits!"
"I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfill our destiny, but our fate is sealed."
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Paulo Coelho
"I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfill our destiny, but our fate is sealed."
"Play it once for old times' sake. Play it twice to not forsake. And play it thrice if you cannot fake. Joyous life is your to take. You always get what you make."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Play it once for old times' sake. Play it twice to not forsake. And play it thrice if you cannot fake. Joyous life is your to take. You always get what you make."
"These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit,' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles."
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Paulo Coelho
"These are people who accept the fire of the Holy Spirit,' he said, 'the fire that is left behind but that is used by so few people to light their candles."
"Busy in a bus or lacking luck you poke to pluck a pick-up truck. Utterly shocked you choke in the lock and check if you chuck a buck or if you are stuck in the muck. So you should lurk in a day like this in such a murky lucky way. In a day when you don't know if you laugh or cry... Errands wait for those who are late in the busiest day.Such day that defies all your senses and makes you want to fly... To fly away!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Busy in a bus or lacking luck you poke to pluck a pick-up truck. Utterly shocked you choke in the lock and check if you chuck a buck or if you are stuck in the muck. So you should lurk in a day like this in such a murky lucky way. In a day when you don't know if you laugh or cry... Errands wait for those who are late in the busiest day.Such day that defies all your senses and makes you want to fly... To fly away!"
"I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything."
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Paulo Coelho
"I could have.What does this phrase mean? At any given moment in our lives, there are certain things that could have heppened but, didn't. The magic moments go unrecognized, and then suddenly, the hand of destiny changes everything."
"How can I shut downIf you don't open up??"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"How can I shut downIf you don't open up??"
"Latin is a dead tongue And Romans made songs! Then no one disagree: It delighted them in theory Now it's "the Latin" in me."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Latin is a dead tongue And Romans made songs! Then no one disagree: It delighted them in theory Now it's "the Latin" in me."
"This book's like black holes. It really engulfes you whole."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"This book's like black holes. It really engulfes you whole."
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