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Quotes by Brazilian Authors
"For millions of years, man spoke only to what he could see. Suddenly, in just one decade, 'seeing' and 'speaking' have been separated. We think we're used to it, yet we don't realize the immense impact it's had on our reflexes. Our bodies are simply not used to it. Frankly, the result is that, when we talk on the telephone, we enter a state that is similar to certain magical trances; we can discover other things about ourselves."
"In two years, I'll be making more than Michael Schumacher."
"Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present"."
"If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it."
"Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
"When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT."
"You are going in one second the length of a football field. That means you brain is receiving information from your body what the car is doing physically, bumping, balance, performance."
"I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living now."
"It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge. So it's not surprising that kings would talk to shepherds."
"Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in."
"A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all."
"I feel very proud, even though they didn't elect me, to be President of the Argentines."
"The Lotus is a couple of years newer than the Williams was, and as the pace of development in F1 cars is so quick, I expect it to be another completely different experience, but still one that I know I'm going to enjoy."
"I was in a fashion show and I had on a strapless top. When I got to the end the top was down."
"Millions of couples out there practiced the art of sadomasochism every day, without even realizing it. They went to work, came back, complained about everything, insulted their wife or were insulted by her, felt wretched, but were, nonetheless, tightly bound to their own unhappiness, not realizing that all it would take was a single gesture, a final goodbye, to free them from that oppression."
"It's now what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what comes out of their mouths that is."
"We all knew the book well because it's the cult book in Latin America. For me, this was a sacred territory. I would not have ventured into it by myself."
"The racing driver's mind has to have the ability to have amazing anticipation, coordination, and reflex. Because of the speed the car goes."
"Knowing someone's name meant knowing that the other person was a human being and not "the enemy. Knowing someone's name transformed him into a unique and special individual, with a past and a future, with ancestors and possibly descendants, a person who has known triumphs and failures. People are their names; they're proud of them; they repeat them thousands of times in their lifetime and identify with them. It's the first word they learn after "Daddy and "Mummy."
"Brazil has rediscovered itself, and this rediscovery is being expressed in its people's enthusiasm and their desire to mobilize to face the huge problems that lie ahead of us."
"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation."
"I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads."
"Don't be intimidated by other people's opinions. Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do."
"Ester asked why people are sad."That's simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams."
"Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny."
"How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?"
"Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved."
"Make sure that when you touch the other person, all your five senses are working, because sex has a life of its own. The moment you begin, you're no longer in control; it takes control of you. And whatever you bring to it, your fears, your desires, your sensibility will remain. That's why people become impotent. When you have sex, take with you to bed only love and your senses, all five of them. Only then will you experience communion with God."
"The human voice cannot mount up into these boundless solitudes."
"I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous."
"It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end."
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