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Quotes by Brazilian Authors

"Don't confound static electricity with ecstatic eccentricity. One will leave your hair up, the other will live up in the air!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Don't confound static electricity with ecstatic eccentricity. One will leave your hair up, the other will live up in the air!"
"I used to see dolphins as cute, Smart and funny sea animals. I know now that they're astute, Divine beings, clever mammals."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"I used to see dolphins as cute, Smart and funny sea animals. I know now that they're astute, Divine beings, clever mammals."
"If it s cold and cloudy outside,And you want to be a great fella,Make all your troubles go glideOpening a smile as your umbrella."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"If it s cold and cloudy outside,And you want to be a great fella,Make all your troubles go glideOpening a smile as your umbrella."
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
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Paulo Coelho
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
"What happened when the Verb asked the noun to conjugate? She said "no-no!", forgot the "o" and decided to become a nun!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"What happened when the Verb asked the noun to conjugate? She said "no-no!", forgot the "o" and decided to become a nun!"
"All the drain leads to the ocean...So chill out and enjoy the motion!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"All the drain leads to the ocean...So chill out and enjoy the motion!"
"A warrior of the Light is never in a hurry.Time works in his favor, he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking."
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Paulo Coelho
"A warrior of the Light is never in a hurry.Time works in his favor, he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking."
"Loyalty, love and respect perhaps have never been expounded with such agility like this one 'Loyalty has its roots in respect and respect is the fruit of Love, and Love drives out the demons of the imagination " which distrust everything and everyone " and, instead, returns purity to our gaze'. He cites that 'Loyalty can never be imposed by force, fear, insecurity or intimidation'. 'And because it is a choice, it will never tolerate betrayal, but will always be generous with mistakes'."
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Paulo Coelho
"Loyalty, love and respect perhaps have never been expounded with such agility like this one 'Loyalty has its roots in respect and respect is the fruit of Love, and Love drives out the demons of the imagination " which distrust everything and everyone " and, instead, returns purity to our gaze'. He cites that 'Loyalty can never be imposed by force, fear, insecurity or intimidation'. 'And because it is a choice, it will never tolerate betrayal, but will always be generous with mistakes'."
"JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide."
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Paulo Coelho
"JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide."
"When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward."
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Paulo Coelho
"When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward."
"Life is too short to have debts and doubts, Pay the bills, no regrets, be up and about."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Life is too short to have debts and doubts, Pay the bills, no regrets, be up and about."
"The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment."
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Paulo Coelho
"The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment."
"To die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world."
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Paulo Coelho
"To die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world."
"So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you."
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Paulo Coelho
"So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you."
"If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want."
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Paulo Coelho
"If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want."
"Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed."
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Paulo Coelho
"Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed."
"And the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world."
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Paulo Coelho
"And the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world."
"If a man we don't know phones us up one day and talks a little, makes no suggestions, says nothing special, but nevertheless pays us the kind of attention we rarely receive, we're quite capable of going to bed with him that night, feeling relatively in love. That's what we women are like, and there's nothing wrong with that - it's the nature of the female to open herself to love easily."
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Paulo Coelho
"If a man we don't know phones us up one day and talks a little, makes no suggestions, says nothing special, but nevertheless pays us the kind of attention we rarely receive, we're quite capable of going to bed with him that night, feeling relatively in love. That's what we women are like, and there's nothing wrong with that - it's the nature of the female to open herself to love easily."
"She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the heavens and allows itself to be fertilized."
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Paulo Coelho
"She [the Virgin Mary] was normal. She had already had other children. The Bible tells us that Jesus had two brothers. Virginity, as it relates to Jesus, is based on a different thing: Mary initiated a new generation of grace. A new era began. She is the cosmic bride, Earth, which opens to the heavens and allows itself to be fertilized."
"Ballet shoes... I cannot play with them like they're toys. But when the music is playing they get deep on my toes."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Ballet shoes... I cannot play with them like they're toys. But when the music is playing they get deep on my toes."
"Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments - but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken."
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Paulo Coelho
"Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and sends us off in search of our dreams. Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments - but all of this is transitory it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken."
"Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door."
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Paulo Coelho
"Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door."
"The people through which the Tradition of the Sun spoke were people just like anyone else, and who, one morning or one evening, looked at the world and felt the presence of something greater. They had unwittingly plunged into an unknown sea, and, for the most part, they did not do so again. Everyone, at least once in each incarnation, possessed the secret of the Universe."
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Paulo Coelho
"The people through which the Tradition of the Sun spoke were people just like anyone else, and who, one morning or one evening, looked at the world and felt the presence of something greater. They had unwittingly plunged into an unknown sea, and, for the most part, they did not do so again. Everyone, at least once in each incarnation, possessed the secret of the Universe."
"Some things happen for a reason, Others just come with the season."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Some things happen for a reason, Others just come with the season."
"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence."
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Paulo Coelho
"If I could, I'd write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence."
"But why all these questions?Because I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering.Don't be afraid, the only way to avoid that suffering would be to refuse to love."
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Paulo Coelho
"But why all these questions?Because I'm in love and I'm afraid of suffering.Don't be afraid, the only way to avoid that suffering would be to refuse to love."
"I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work."
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Paulo Coelho
"I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work."
"Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing, but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of life."
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Paulo Coelho
"Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing, but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of life."
"Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of."
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Paulo Coelho
"Break the glass, please, and free us from all these damned rules, from needing to find an explanation for everything, from doing only what others approve of."
"For her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises."
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Paulo Coelho
"For her, every day was the same, and when each day is the same as the next, it's because people fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives every day that the sun rises."
"We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination."
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Paulo Coelho
"We make a lot of detours, but we're always heading for the same destination."
"It's better to lose some of battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for."
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Paulo Coelho
"It's better to lose some of battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for."
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
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Paulo Coelho
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
"She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar."
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Paulo Coelho
"She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar."
"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him."
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Paulo Coelho
"If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him."
"Life always gives us another change: It's called "To Move On"."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Life always gives us another change: It's called "To Move On"."
"I had to test your courage, the stranger said."courage is the quality most essential to understand the Language of the World..."you must not let up, even after having come so far, he continued. "you must love the desert, but never trust it completely. because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted."
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Paulo Coelho
"I had to test your courage, the stranger said."courage is the quality most essential to understand the Language of the World..."you must not let up, even after having come so far, he continued. "you must love the desert, but never trust it completely. because the desert tests all men: it challenges every step, and kills those who become distracted."
"Collective madness is called sanity .."
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Paulo Coelho
"Collective madness is called sanity .."
"I believe in signs....what we need to learn is always there before us, we just have to look around us with respect & attention to discover where God is leading us and which step we should take. When we are on the right path, we follow the signs, and if we occasionally stumble, the Divine comes to our aid, preventing us from making mistakes."
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Paulo Coelho
"I believe in signs....what we need to learn is always there before us, we just have to look around us with respect & attention to discover where God is leading us and which step we should take. When we are on the right path, we follow the signs, and if we occasionally stumble, the Divine comes to our aid, preventing us from making mistakes."
"The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according the the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity."
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Paulo Coelho
"The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according the the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity."
"Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives."
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Paulo Coelho
"Our true friends are those who are with us when the good things happen. They cheer us on and are pleased by our triumphs. False friends only appear at difficult times, with their sad, supportive faces, when, in fact, our suffering is serving to console them for their miserable lives."
"Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or--such is the pleasure they experience--they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them."
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Paulo Coelho
"Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or--such is the pleasure they experience--they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them."
"Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds..."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds..."
"A brainstorm about the difference between rain and brain: a b, although both are juicy like water... but if it rained in the brain would that mean that ocurred a brainwash? and if so what would be the cure for that?? That's rough for sure. But if the rain plays mainly in the land would it land instead of fail to fall?? What's the meaning of it all? i'm a brainiac with some brainy thoughts.."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"A brainstorm about the difference between rain and brain: a b, although both are juicy like water... but if it rained in the brain would that mean that ocurred a brainwash? and if so what would be the cure for that?? That's rough for sure. But if the rain plays mainly in the land would it land instead of fail to fall?? What's the meaning of it all? i'm a brainiac with some brainy thoughts.."
"You don t have to let it linger Within the palm of your hand, The tip's already in your finger:All beginning comes to an end."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"You don t have to let it linger Within the palm of your hand, The tip's already in your finger:All beginning comes to an end."
"Both tears and sweat are salty. but none of them are faulty. the tears can get you somewhere, the sweat will make you only wet."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"Both tears and sweat are salty. but none of them are faulty. the tears can get you somewhere, the sweat will make you only wet."
"How's daydreaming affecting nightmares?? Showing the light where is all dark!"
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"How's daydreaming affecting nightmares?? Showing the light where is all dark!"
"As I am a work in progress, you shall see me more or less? Don't shake me out if I digress. As of me less, from me more of my work, I guess."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"As I am a work in progress, you shall see me more or less? Don't shake me out if I digress. As of me less, from me more of my work, I guess."
"She was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on."
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Paulo Coelho
"She was neither happy nor unhappy, and that was why she couldn't go on."
"There's no greater joy than being able to touch People's hearts."
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Ana Claudia Antunes
"There's no greater joy than being able to touch People's hearts."
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