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Quotes by Brazilian Authors

"Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny."
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Paulo Coelho
"Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny."
"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."
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Paulo Coelho
"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."
"And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company."
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Paulo Coelho
"And if I'm alone in bed, I will go to the window, look up at the sky, and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company."
"People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference."
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David Neeleman
"People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference."
"It was my first scene. My first day. We could have started with me drinking a beer, something a little less than having Barbies touching each other. But they started with that."
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Gisele Bundchen
"It was my first scene. My first day. We could have started with me drinking a beer, something a little less than having Barbies touching each other. But they started with that."
"It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end."
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Walter Salles
"It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end."
"I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato."
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Ana Beatriz Barros
"I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato."
"I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don't feel like ADD has impaired my ability."
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David Neeleman
"I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don't feel like ADD has impaired my ability."
"No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil."
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Walter Salles
"No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil."
"And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers."
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Sonia Braga
"And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers."
"I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities."
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Gisele Bundchen
"I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities."
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"I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone."
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Adriana Lima
"I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone."
"Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business."
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David Neeleman
"Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business."
"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
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Paulo Coelho
"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time."
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Paulo Coelho
"Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time."
"Indy car racing is much more aggressive."
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Emerson Fittipaldi
"Indy car racing is much more aggressive."
"Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work."
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Paulo Coelho
"Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work."
"But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear."
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Paulo Coelho
"But human beings are like that, she thought. We've replaced nearly all our emotions with fear."
"And when I think about it, I guess it is true that people always arrive at the right moment at the place where someone awaits them."
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Paulo Coelho
"And when I think about it, I guess it is true that people always arrive at the right moment at the place where someone awaits them."
"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear."
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Paulo Coelho
"And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear."
"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."
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Paulo Coelho
"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."
"It is going to be special to drive in the Netherlands because it means I can take part in a Formula One demonstration in a country where I have a lot of family and friends."
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Nelson Piquet
"It is going to be special to drive in the Netherlands because it means I can take part in a Formula One demonstration in a country where I have a lot of family and friends."
"... intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all written there."
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Paulo Coelho
"... intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything, because it's all written there."
"There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow."
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Gisele Bundchen
"There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow."
"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."
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Adriana Lima
"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."
"She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making love with men of all skin colors--white, black, yellow--with homosexuals and beggars. She was anyone's, and anyone could do anything to her. She had one, two, three orgasms, one after another. She imagined everything she had never imagined before, and she gave herself to all that was most base and most pure."
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Paulo Coelho
"She imagined herself both queen and slave, dominatrix and victim. In her imagination she was making love with men of all skin colors--white, black, yellow--with homosexuals and beggars. She was anyone's, and anyone could do anything to her. She had one, two, three orgasms, one after another. She imagined everything she had never imagined before, and she gave herself to all that was most base and most pure."
"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."
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Gisele Bundchen
"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."
"Through F1, I bought my own boat. I learned to fly my own plane and helicopter. And my job with my company is a reflection of everything motor racing taught me."
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Nelson Piquet
"Through F1, I bought my own boat. I learned to fly my own plane and helicopter. And my job with my company is a reflection of everything motor racing taught me."
"Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
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Paulo Coelho
"Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
"To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges."
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Paulo Coelho
"To me, a witch is a woman that is capable of letting her intuition take hold of her actions, that communes with her environment, that isn't afraid of facing challenges."
"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."
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Emerson Fittipaldi
"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 feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man."
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Gisele Bundchen
"I feel grateful because I have a lot of love in my life. I found the person I'm sharing my life with. I have a good man."
"Raise your vibration, Not your tone of voice..You gain inspiration, For Peace is a choice."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Raise your vibration, Not your tone of voice..You gain inspiration, For Peace is a choice."
"The weakest ones are the wickedest cruel When the strongest ones in gentleness rule!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"The weakest ones are the wickedest cruel When the strongest ones in gentleness rule!"
"A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all."
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
"A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all."
"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."
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Carlos Ghosn
"Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one."
"Because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith."
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Paulo Coelho
"Because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith."
"I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers."
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David Neeleman
"I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers."
"It's so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions."
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David Neeleman
"It's so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions."
"It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas."
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Paulo Coelho
"It was a prayer that he had never said before, because it was a prayer without words or pleas."
"Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so."
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Paulo Coelho
"Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so."
"...and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave."
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Paulo Coelho
"...and that, in the end, the most interesting people always leave."
"I'm always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must."
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David Neeleman
"I'm always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must."
"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."
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Walter Salles
"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."
"Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate."
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David Neeleman
"Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate."
"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face."
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Gisele Bundchen
"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face."
"And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we're echoing what's been done way in the past."
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Walter Salles
"And my generation in Brazil was influenced by Cinema Novo. So we're echoing what's been done way in the past."
"Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions."
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Paulo Coelho
"Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions."
"But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later."
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Walter Salles
"But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later."
"As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing."
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Carlos Ghosn
"As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing."
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