Brazil Quotes - Page 8

• I go to the favelas in Brazil. It's the same in the South Side of Chicago. It's the same, or just more violent. We're trying to get them to stop selling dope. You see kids with AK-47s, and nine-year-olds with nine millimeters. You know, they don't play. They make us look like nuns.

  Quincy Jones

  Kids, Dope, Years

  "Quincy Jones Recalls "Freaking Out" at Michael Jackson's Death and His Private Nickname for the Star". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2015.

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• I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U.N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching a tipping point. And, I see other people who really just want to survive to make it to the next election, rather than making means of change.

  Nick Offerman

  Philosophy, Mean, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Neymar is undoubtedly the best player in Brazil. He deserves to play in the best team in the world; next to the best player in the world, Messi.He is a very good player with great quality and a great future.I have no doubt. For me, Neymar is a genius.

  Pele

  Team, Player, Doubt

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• I went to Brazil in 2010 and pretty much did songs about that trip. I was there just to hang out, chill with the people, and feel the vibe. It was great - tons of great women, great skin, good beaches. Cant complain; the food is great.

  Theophilus London

  Beach, Song, People

  "SXSW: Why Theophilus London Listens to Himself Singing in the Shower on His iPod". Interview with Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. March 16, 2013.

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• It seemed [there are] musical nodes on the planet where cultures meet and mix, sometimes as a result of unfortunate circumstances, like slavery or something else, in places like New Orleans and Havana and Brazil. And those are places where the European culture and indigenous culture and African culture all met and lived together, and some new kind of culture and especially music came out of that.

  David Byrne

  New Orleans, Musical, Together

  Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. July 17, 2006.

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• I find this in all these places I've been travelling - from India to China, to Japan and Europe and to Brazil - there is a frustration with the terms of public discourse, with a kind of absence of discussion of questions of justice and ethics and of values.

  Michael Sandel

  Frustration, Japan, Europe

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• The young nobles, of whom there were many, were volunteers, who had paid their own expenses in expectation of a golden harvest, and they chafed in impatience and disgust. The religious element in the colony-unlike the former Huguenot emigration to Brazil--was evidently subordinate. The adventurers thought more of their fortunes than of their faith.

  Francis Parkman

  Religious, Expectations, Volunteer

  Francis Parkman (1871). “Pioneers of France in the New World”, p.60

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• Until the day when a wise black man can become our ambassador in Paris, we will forever be a pre-Brazil.

  Nelson Rodrigues

  Wise, Men, Paris

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• I was born in New York, then I went to the UK, then I went to Brazil, then I went to France, then I studied in Italy. My life was always about being confronted with an environment where you had to adapt.

  John Elkann

  New York, France, Environment

  "Unlikely heir who saved the family jewels". Financial Times, Marh 06, 2011.

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• To be in Brazil and see the work of Os Gêmeos or to be in England and see what Banksy is doing is pretty fascinating to me.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  England, Fascinating

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Rico Gear. What a great-sounding name. He sounds like a drug dealer from Brazil.

  Murray Mexted

  Names, Drug, Sound

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• Brazil, I'm totally obsessed. I've been going since I was 17, and the first time I went, I fell in love with it.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Firsts, Obsessed, First Time

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• Brazil is crazy about football. People, they wait for this moment, but this doesn't mean we are going to win the championship. That is the problem.

  Pele

  Football, Crazy, Mean

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• Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football.

  Pele

  Football, United States, Firsts

  Source: www.global-leaders.tv

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• No one can compare to Ronaldinho. I remember his plays, his dribbles. I remember him winning every title at the Camp Nou. He made history at Barca, he made history with Brazil and he's still making history.

  Neymar

  Winning, Play, Titles

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• While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

  Elliott Abrams

  Country, Argentina, Textbooks

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• China is a BRIC country. BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China. This emerging economy really is helping the revival of the world economy.

  Michael Anti

  Country, Mean, Russia

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• He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy. 
  (on Ronaldinho)

  Pele

  Player, Giving, Joy

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• I think he'll reach 1000 goals, but he'll never overtake my total. 
  (on 40-year old Romario)

  Pele

  Thinking, Years, Goal

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• In my private life I do what I like. The night is my friend. If I don't go out, I don't score.

  Romario

  Night, Score, Private Life

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• Lula was really the face of Brazil's boom in the previous decade and is one of the most towering politicians in the country today, so for this investigation to find get to him is an enormous deal.

  Simon Romero

  Country, Today, Faces

  "Brazil's Former President Questioned In Corruption Investigation". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

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• Well, Lula has an incredible amount of sway still. He's someone who came up from very humble origins, so his life trajectory is something that many people in Brazil still identify with. So within the governing Workers' Party, he has a lot of power. He has power to name ministers, some people say. And he's very close with the current president as well. She's his handpicked successor.

  Simon Romero

  Party, Humble, Names

  "Brazil's Former President Questioned In Corruption Investigation". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

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• We saw groups of people gathering in front of Lula's house in Sao Paulo this morning. You had people shouting at one another, and some fistfights even broke out. Some of his supporters are claiming that this is equivalent of a coup attempt, an attempt to remove Rousseff from power and prevent Lula from running again. And other people are saying that this is simply a display of rule of law in Brazil, that no one in Brazil can be above the law at this time.

  Simon Romero

  Running, Morning, Law

  "Brazil's Former President Questioned In Corruption Investigation". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. March 4, 2016.

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• On the one hand, I loved being a banker. I loved how numbers could tell a story and how you can invest in ideas and see them translate into products and services and create jobs. What I didn't like, particularly where I was working in Brazil during the debt crisis of the early '80s, was how the poor were excluded from the banking system. I made the decision to try and experiment with whether we could use the tools of banking to extend the benefits of the economy to the poor.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Jobs, Hands, Ideas

  "The Marriage of Love & Power: Conversation w/ Jacqueline Novogratz of Acumen Fund". Interview with Gina Murdock, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. December 1, 2013.

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• If instead policy makers and program managers participate in an interdisciplinary assessment team, make informal visits to local families and have in-depth conversations with local providers and health authorities, the real needs and complex challenges of organizing good reproductive health services become apparent.The first country that implemented this participatory program of assessment, research and policy development was Brazil. I was one of the outsiders who provided support to the initiative.

  Ruth Simmons

  Country, Real, Team

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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