Quotes about Brazil (234 quotes)

The first World Cup I remember was in the 1950 when I was 9 or 10 years old. My father was a soccer player, and there was a big party, and when Brazil lost to Uruguay, I saw my father crying. Votes: 7

Pele

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Banks' beer. There's nothing like it! To Brazil. And to Barbados justice. Votes: 6

Ronald Biggs

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Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves. Votes: 6

Marlene Dietrich

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If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families. Votes: 6

Adriana Lima

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I have a feeling we are going to be world champions, I can't really explain why. Brazil are probably the best team in the world in terms of individual players. But the team with the most gifted players do not always win. Votes: 6

Oliver Kahn

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Brazil is bigger than Europe, wilder than Africa, and weirder than Baffin Land. Votes: 5

Lawrence Durrell

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I'd like to go to Brazil I think. Do a little South America trip. Votes: 5

Kristanna Loken

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In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense. Votes: 5

Alan Hansen

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Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves. Votes: 5

John Motson

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Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales. Votes: 5

Ron Greenwood

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My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil. Votes: 5

Arto Lindsay

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I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato. Votes: 5

Ana Beatriz Barros

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You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect. Votes: 5

Jeremy Rifkin

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Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well. Votes: 5

Nelly Furtado

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What really swings is the music of the United States, Cuba, the Caribbean and vicinity, and, of course, Brazil. The rest is all waltzes. Votes: 5

Antonio Carlos Jobim

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I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done. Votes: 5

Pele

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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. Votes: 5

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days). Votes: 5

Joe Tex

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That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer. Votes: 5

Angela Merkel

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The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too. Votes: 5

Malcolm X

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Four years ago maybe we thought we were inferior to Brazil, subconsciously we didn't see ourselves beating them. Now we believe in ourselves, we can be on the pitch with any team in the world and think we can win. Votes: 5

Rio Ferdinand

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There are many young talents in Brazil. There is a lot of hope in Felipe Massa. It is very difficult to judge him in his first year, but by the end of the end we are going to have a better position how he does in Formula One. Votes: 5

Emerson Fittipaldi

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Look at me and tell me if I dont have Brazil in every curve of my body. Votes: 4

Carmen Miranda

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I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world. Votes: 4

Emerson Fittipaldi

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Well, everybody has a bodyguard in Brazil. Votes: 3

Bob Varsha

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Brazil will change when its cities change. Votes: 3

Jaime Lerner

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You can't charge for anything in Brazil. Votes: 3

David Neeleman

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In my heart, I've never left Brazil. Votes: 3

Brent Spiner

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Brazil was, is, and will be in fashion. Votes: 3

Gilberto Gil

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Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world. Votes: 3

Henry Louis Gates

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Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football! Votes: 3

Pele

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Brazil has no future as a China with fewer people. Votes: 3

Roberto Unger

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It's scoring goals that's great, whether against Brazil or anybody else. Votes: 3

Lionel Messi

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Middle-income countries are the biggest users of GMOs. Places like Brazil. Votes: 3

Bill Gates

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I tried surfing once in Brazil, but I'm kind of clumsy. Votes: 3

Lee Pace

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Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out. Votes: 3

Alan Hansen

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Brazil does have every right to develop its own peaceful nuclear programme. Votes: 3

Vladimir Putin

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Of course, I follow Bollywood. In fact, it's widely followed in Brazil. Votes: 3

Ronaldinho

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The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth. Votes: 3

Mikhail Gorbachev

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With 'Timbiriche,' I toured Brazil and a lot of Latin America. Votes: 3

Paulina Rubio

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Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost. Votes: 3

Truman Capote

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I see the future of Brazil as the future of the planet. Votes: 3

Gilberto Gil

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In 2001 Steve Staunton became the record cap holder for which country? Brazil. Votes: 3

Anne Robinson

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Brazil is where I have to be, where I have my roots. Votes: 3

Clarice Lispector

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Social media marketers have already shown unusual savvy in executing campaigns in Brazil. Votes: 3

Ryan Holmes

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I have ambitions I want to fulfil, to enjoy more success with Brazil. Votes: 3

Ronaldo

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I come from Brazil, which is a Portuguese speaking part of the continent. Votes: 3

Walter Salles

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I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family. Votes: 3

Francisco Costa

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Do you know what would keep me in Brazil, no matter what happened? Sex! Votes: 3

Ronald Biggs

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They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I've ever seen. Votes: 3

Morena Baccarin

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Rico Gear. What a great-sounding name. He sounds like a drug dealer from Brazil. Votes: 3

Murray Mexted

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Everybody is in trouble, including the up-and-coming economic miracles of China, Brazil or India. Votes: 3

Zygmunt Bauman

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The Peruvian faces are completely different from that faces in Argentina and in Brazil. Votes: 3

Walter Salles

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I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals. Votes: 3

Pele

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Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom. Votes: 3

Malcolm X

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I can tell you that today 99% of my investments are in Brazil and will remain here. Votes: 3

Eike Batista

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There was a perception that the emerging-market problems aren't over and concern that may Brazil devalue. Votes: 3

John Williams

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There was a perception that the emerging-market problems aren't over and concern that may Brazil devalue. Votes: 3

John Towner Williams

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Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body. Votes: 3

Carmen Miranda

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Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple. Votes: 3

Oscar Niemeyer

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South America's most populous country, Brazil, is also emerging as one of the region's most social-media savvy. Votes: 3

Ryan Holmes

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It's better to be the largest independent band from Brazil instead of be the smallest mainstream band. Votes: 3

Fernanda Takai

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We weren't more physical than Russia, we didn't play faster than Brazil, but we 'out-teamed' our opponents. Votes: 3

Hugh McCutcheon

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This was during a period when I was producing Brazil '66 records and got infected by Brazilian music. Votes: 3

Herb Alpert

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Brazil, always they buy from the United States. The first who was sell to the United States was football. Votes: 3

Pele

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Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport. Votes: 3

Marta

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In Brazil we have a comic strip in the newspaper. That one also attracts a different kind of followers. Votes: 3

Gabriel Ba

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It's no sin to make a critical study of Brazil's reality. A small percentage own land. Most people don't. Votes: 3

Paulo Freire

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After watching mulattas shake it, I can totally understand why Brazil is devoted to my favorite body part, the ass. Votes: 3

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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My bandmate once pissed his pants when we were playing in Brazil - but we weren't embarrassed, we were proud. Votes: 3

David Macklovitch

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Every team going to Brazil 2014 will be there to win, and it's going to be a fiercely contested World Cup. Votes: 3

Neymar

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There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose. Votes: 3

Bobby Robson

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The film 'Black Orpheus' is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil. Votes: 3

Win Butler

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I could not spend the rest of my life sitting in Brazil writing down who called whom uncle and aunt. Votes: 3

Alan Furst

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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. Votes: 3

Nelson Rodrigues

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The film Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil. Votes: 3

Win Butler

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Facebook, Twitter and Google have all opened offices in Brazil, recognizing the importance of localizing their products and customer service efforts. Votes: 3

Ryan Holmes

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I was born in Brazil, I was an American citizen for about 10 years. I thought of myself as a global citizen. Votes: 3

Eduardo Saverin

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Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks. Votes: 3

Gisele Bundchen

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At Sequoia, we have opened offices in China and India, and we have made a handful of investments in Latin America/Brazil. Votes: 3

Roelof Botha

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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. Votes: 3

Candice Swanepoel

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Ireland, Italy and Brazil are the most musical places for me. They're extremely musical cultures and anything you pitch they basically catch. Votes: 3

James Taylor

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I spill it out as fast as I can. I don't really edit. In Brazil, recently, I wrote 70 pages. In London, 80 pages. Votes: 3

Garrett Hedlund

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Unless we make revolutionary reforms, some day - in some unknown serra - some unknown Fidel Castro will rise up in Brazil. Votes: 3

Janio Quadros

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There are a lot of comic strips in Brazilian newspapers that have been around for 30, almost 40 years. They are very famous in Brazil. Votes: 3

Gabriel Ba

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I consider the relationship with the U.S. very important to Brazil. I will try to forge closer ties with the U.S. Votes: 3

Dilma Rousseff

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[Donna] Brazil warned the campaign that [Hillary] Clinton might face a question over lead poisoning during a CNN primary debate, showing her partisan ties. Votes: 3

Donna Brazile

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Brazil is one of the biggest Latin American countries, the biggest, no doubt, and, more importantly, it is a country with immense development potential. Votes: 3

Vladimir Putin

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The fact that Brazil and Chile now has China as their largest trading partner means the Monroe Doctrine is certainly something of the past. Votes: 3

Dambisa Moyo

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In America one drop of black ancestry makes you black. In Brazil, it's almost as if one drop of white ancestry makes you white. Votes: 3

Henry Louis Gates

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In Brazil, we don't have Victoria's Secret, and my family are all Victoria's Secret fans, so I usually bring them back some lovely pieces. Votes: 3

Adriana Lima

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I still have a video of my father, which I watch before every game I play for Brazil. It gives me strength, makes me determined. Votes: 3

Ronaldinho

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[Brazil] went to the UN and said, "We need new standards for this." We need to take a look at what they're calling "data sovereignty." Votes: 3

Edward Snowden

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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. Votes: 3

Michael Anti

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Coconut water is just the best for you; it's always something we had in Brazil. Since I was a little girl, I've been drinking it. Votes: 3

Adriana Lima

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Brazil is in a solid position. In the past, if the United States sneezed, we caught pneumonia. Today, if the United States sneezes, we sneeze too. Votes: 3

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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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. Votes: 3

Pele

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There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples. Votes: 3

Queen Latifah

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Brazil and Germany are very similar, but in Brazil we have a much longer career. There are much more books that have been published just there. Votes: 3

Gabriel Ba

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Brazil's always had great players, both at home and abroad, but we need to put all that talent together and mould a team out of it. Votes: 3

Pele

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He's got great credentials by winning the World Cup but he did it with Brazil - my granny could probably have managed Brazil to World Cup success. Votes: 3

Gary Lineker

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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. Votes: 3

Walter Salles

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Brazil is my way to see the world. Being born in that country means: "you don't have a wall separating the physical reality from the magical reality." Votes: 3

Paulo Coelho

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The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with. Votes: 3

Robert Nelson

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One of the real challenges, since we're working in so many places - Mexico, Japan, Brazil - is understanding variations, both in terms of culture and context. Votes: 3

Richard Meier

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Modeling has given me the opportunity to travel outside of Brazil and see the world. I have been meeting many interesting and talented people along the way. Votes: 3

Izabel Goulart

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Brazil is where I belong, the place that feels like home. They love their family, their country and God, and are not afraid to let anybody know it. Votes: 3

Dionne Warwick

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My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather. Votes: 3

Claire Denis

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In Brazil there are more Avon ladies than members of the army. In the United States more money is spent on beauty than on education or social services. Votes: 3

Nancy Etcoff

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[On Brazil:] In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and the politicians are very weak. Everything that is weak dies one day. Votes: 3

Carolina Maria de Jesus

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To be in Brazil and see the work of Os GÃªmeos or to be in England and see what Banksy is doing is pretty fascinating to me. Votes: 3

Jeffrey Deitch

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We can take our Japanese clients around the world. We can take them to Brazil, Europe, anywhere. And we also take companies from around the world into Japan. Votes: 3

Jamie Dimon

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I am investing like a crazy person, mostly in internet start-ups. And I want to invest in Brazil as well, because I am Brazilian and that's in my heart. Votes: 3

Eduardo Saverin

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Way down among Brazilians. Coffee beans grow by the billions. So they've got to find those extra cups to fill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil Votes: 3

Frank Sinatra

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Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating. Votes: 3

Francisco Costa

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Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption. Votes: 3

Morena Baccarin

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In Brazil, there isn't just one beauty ideal. There's a lot of emphasis on a woman's natural beauty - but of course, Brazilian women love expressing their beauty through makeup. Votes: 3

Adriana Lima

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When America stopped importing from China, China stopped importing from the rest of the world. This affects Asian countries as well as Australia, Brazil, and other suppliers of raw materials. Votes: 3

Robert Kiyosaki

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My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil. Votes: 3

Nikki Reed

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So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. Votes: 3

Bernard Cornwell

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Gramacho is the last landfill that allows people in. Brazil is the leading nation in recycling due to its poverty. There are people there surviving from what they find in the garbage. Votes: 3

Vik Muniz

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Brazil goes into every World Cup expecting to win - so when it is in Brazil it is expected even more. You can't understand what the World Cup means to our country. Votes: 3

Ronaldinho

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I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom. Votes: 3

Paulo Coelho

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Undoubtedly Internet has reduced the possibilities of taxation. Why should I buy something here if I can buy it from a company in Japan or England or Brazil with a lower tax? Votes: 3

Milton Friedman

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There used to be a cruel joke that said Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be; Obama is the Brazil of today's politicians. He has obviously achieved nothing. Votes: 3

Charles Krauthammer

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One thing I know that's really cool - it seems to me that Blake Schwarzenbach [Jets to Brazil frontman; ex-Jawbreaker] is someone who's made music that's people continue to take really personally. Votes: 3

J. Robbins

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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. Votes: 3

Elliott Abrams

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Do not tell me what I think you're going to or I swear to God, I'm going to fly to Brazil and go all black ops on this guy for cheating on you. Votes: 3

Melissa Cutler

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I think there's new optimism in Brazil. The Olympics went well. Our demand is good. Costs are down. We're back in the black. We're feeling really good about what's going on in Brazil. Votes: 3

David Neeleman

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Even though Brazil has been up and down and had some difficulties, it's still a very big country, and a very important country. It's got the fourth largest domestic market in the world. Votes: 3

David Neeleman

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I think that the Brazilian football is one of the best in the world. It still is and still struggles for this. We have talented players that can take Brazil to the top. Votes: 3

Neymar

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If a team lives up to its role as favorite, it will have earned the World Cup. By the way, Adidas grew by about 30 percent in Brazil even without sponsoring the national team. Votes: 3

Herbert Hainer

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I believe that Brazil was prepared to elect a woman. Why? Because Brazilian women achieved that. I didn't come here by myself, by my own merits. We are a majority here in this country. Votes: 3

Dilma Rousseff

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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show. Votes: 3

Rainn Wilson

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The California fever is not likely to take us off.... There is neither romance nor glory in digging for gold after the manner of the pictures in the geography of diamond washing in Brazil. Votes: 3

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have lost two rivals after the first round. That's how I think. Idealisitic. Votes: 3

Johan Cruijff

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Shooting on the street in Brazil - compared to people trying to sneak a picture of something, if you're shooting in the States or Canada - people would literally just try to grab you. Votes: 3

Robert Pattinson

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Congratulations to Mexico. They upset Brazil to win a gold medal in men's soccer. And after the Olympics ended, the Mexican soccer team, of course, returned home to their houses here in Los Angeles. Votes: 3

Jay Leno

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No one knows anything about the fashion industry in Brazil. They don't care what you do. They just want the beach and the sun and the fun. I feel the freest and the happiest there. Votes: 3

Candice Swanepoel

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There are too many coming from different countries. When we started, foreign players were in the minority. All the best players from Spain, France, Brazil, Argentina are going to England. And Ireland is bound to suffer. Votes: 3

Kevin Kilbane

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I'm like Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing. We are trying to share ideas around the world. We don't just come up with a great idea in Brazil and ignore it in the rest of the world. Votes: 3

Rick Wagoner

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If with so little we have done so much in Brazil, imagine what could have been done on a global scale, if the fight against hunger and poverty were a real priority for the international community. Votes: 3

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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There are emerging countries. I mean, there are countries, you know, China, India, and Brazil, and all of these countries that are emerging. They are building homes. They are building - so there is a new lifestyle. Votes: 3

Diane von Furstenberg

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My mom's Brazilian, so she and I definitely grew up with different perspectives. I was born in America, and she's from Brazil, so we have different ways of doing things. There's a bit of culture clash there. Votes: 3

Maiara Walsh

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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. Votes: 3

Neymar

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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. Votes: 3

Simon Romero

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A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most of the films are like application forms with the formulaic ideas of Hollywood. Votes: 3

Haile Gerima

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Turkey and Brazil, though half a world apart geographically, have much in common. Both are large countries that spent long years under military dominance, but have broken with that history and made decisive steps towards full democracy. Votes: 3

Stephen Kinzer

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By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic. Votes: 3

Stephen Kinzer

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Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe's entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe's productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia's. Votes: 3

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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The talent of the people in Brazil was extraordinary. I thought all of the hair and make-up was really fantastic. The aesthetic there is really something to behold. They just have such a great sense of taste. Votes: 3

Miranda Otto

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Even though the method of 'Harvest' was a historical novel, its intentions were that of a modern novel. I'm asking you to think about land being seized in Brazil by soya barons. It's also a novel about immigration. Votes: 3

Jim Crace

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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens. Votes: 3

Walter Salles

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My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15 and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years. Votes: 3

Win Butler

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My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years. Votes: 3

Win Butler

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I love dancing and practiced ballet for ten years until I realized I wouldn't make it professionally - then I started taking salsa classes. I learned to dance samba in Rio and Salvador when I lived in Brazil. Votes: 3

Leila Janah

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When the coach told me I was playing, I said: 'We're going to Brazil.' It doesn't matter how. If I'd had to score with my hand, the ball would have been in the back of the net. Votes: 3

Mamadou Sakho

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I was educated to think maybe Brazil works, maybe it doesn't. But I decided I am going to make this country work for my children. I am investing all my effort now in making Brazil a great country. Votes: 3

Eike Batista

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There are a lot of movies that take place internationally, like Kung Fu Panda portraying a little bit of China, and Ratatouille portraying a little about Paris, but it's hard to find a movie that portrays Rio or Brazil. Votes: 3

Carlos Saldanha

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The innovation industries are rapidly going global. In five years, more than 50% of venture capital returns will come from markets outside the United States, including China, India, Brazil, and Australia, and AlwaysOn events are on top of these trends. Votes: 3

Jim Breyer

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Joe Biden went to Brazil in an effort to try and repair America's relationship with their government. Biden said, 'It's great to be here in the Amazon. I've always wanted to see where all the books come from.' Votes: 3

Jimmy Fallon

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They make this drink in Brazil Called cachaca. It's sugar can alcholho. Costs 35 cents a quart. One quart of that stuff and you see God. Two quarts and you graow a pair of tight pants and an electric guitar. Votes: 3

David Lee Roth

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American strategic doctrine suggests that Mexico is of second-level importance to the United States. It ranks below Japan and Indonesia, Brazil and India, Egypt and Israel, and European powers including Britain, France, and Germany. This is a grave geopolitical miscalculation. Votes: 3

Stephen Kinzer

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In 1962, my injury wasn't because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn't have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I'd played two games. Votes: 3

Pele

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The G8 nations, together with the five major emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, use almost three-quarters of the Earth's biocapacity - the capacity of the world's ecosystems to produce natural resources and to reduce harmful substances. Votes: 3

Sigmar Gabriel

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I did go into the Amazonian region of Brazil. They have prehistoric river fish that weigh in at around 600 pounds, which you don't see anywhere else. And foods that cannot be exported or even found in other parts of Brazil. Votes: 3

Anthony Bourdain

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I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death. They thought nobody can make a living from being a writer in Brazil. They were not wrong. Votes: 3

Paulo Coelho

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When you're in Portuguese-African Brazil, or Lisbon, or Mozambique, sometimes piri piri is used as a condiment. Sometimes piri piri is just spices from a jar, and sometimes it's made with garlic, olive oil, cilantro, parsley, and some light chilies. Votes: 3

Marcus Samuelsson

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Now, you'll have to answer my questions." "Oh, very well," Set said. "I like Brazil for the World Cup. I'd advise investing in platinum and small-cap funds. And your lucky numbers this week are 2, 13--" "Not those questions!" Menshikov snapped. Votes: 3

Rick Riordan

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Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a lot of famous artists down there, like Gilberto Gil. I discovered his music recently when I was in Brazil. Votes: 3

Jesse Harris

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I have had people come to the site from all over the world. The US and Canada predominantly, but also Brazil and South Africa and Greece and Indonesia and Hong Kong and Ireland and Argentina and Spain and Israel and Australia. Votes: 3

Sophie Blackall

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This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country. Votes: 3

George Grey

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So, Mexico, Brazil, they wanted their national culture to be 'blackish' - really brown, a beautiful brown blend. And finally, I discovered that in each of these societies the people at the bottom are the darkest skinned with the most African features. Votes: 3

Henry Louis Gates

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I did a couple of movies in Brazil, and the actors were incredibly congenial and hung out together a lot. Even the biggest stars would do radio commercials - they're not put on a pedestal like they are in the United States. Votes: 3

Alan Arkin

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One of our problems is the culture of Brazil which focuses on men's football. Of course we would like to change that. Maybe one day we will have a strong competitive league instead of our women footballers always having to play abroad. Votes: 3

Marta

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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. Votes: 3

John Elkann

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This is a game between players from 12 national sides, a game that if you have a friend in China, in Brazil, in Qatar...in half the world he wants to watch. I was thinking of this game when I signed for Chelsea. Votes: 3

Luiz Felipe Scolari

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Leo [Messi] is the best player of all time - better than Pele, Maradona or Cruyff. There have been some great teams in history - Pele's Brazil, Cruyff's Ajax, Sacchi's Milan - but in the past 20 years this Barcelona team is the best. Votes: 3

Xavi

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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all. What is happening to the rain forests of Madagascar and Brazil will affect us all. Votes: 3

E. O. Wilson

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My connection with Brazil is so abstract. My blood and my way of thinking is Brazilian, but that's it. I don't tend to go back to the past, and although I have an apartment there, I rarely visit. When I move, I really move. Votes: 3

Paulo Coelho

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It's good for Brazilian football to have idols, stars, big stars coming back to Brazilian clubs. The tournaments become much better, more interesting. Ze Roberto, Juninho Pernambucano, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and other players who have returned to Brazil strengthen the league and improve the tournaments. Votes: 3

Neymar

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In a sense the U.S. is climate illiterate. If you look at global polls about what the public knows about climate change even in Brazil, China you have more people who know about the problem and think deep cuts in emission are needed. Votes: 3

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

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Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there. Votes: 3

Fabrice Grinda

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Google is omniscient of what people search for and do. Facebook has over a billion subscribers, meaning Mark Zuckerberg has personal information about one in every seven people on Earth. U.S.A., Brazil, Mexico, India and Indonesia are at the top of that list. Votes: 3

Eduardo Paes

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We face the gravest threat that civilization has ever confronted. It's global in nature and requires a global solution. Increased CO2 emissions anywhere, whether from China or the United States or from one of the countries that is burning its forests like Brazil or Indonesia. Votes: 3

Al Gore

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There are a number of parallels between the slums of Brazil and those found in my hometown, Karachi. The dichotomy that exists in Brazil is uncannily similar to that found in Pakistan, and I hope to one day make a film that follows similar themes. Votes: 3

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests. Votes: 3

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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A panel at a beautiful annual literary festival in Brazil, held in the almost Utopian coastal town of Parati, found me matched with Fernando Gabeira. This comparison reduced my own limited charisma value to something like zero: Gabeira has excelled at every cultural activity in Brazil. Votes: 3

Christopher Hitchens

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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. Can't complain; the food is great. Votes: 3

Theophilus London

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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. Votes: 3

Theophilus London

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Sometimes I say in France: Europe is no more the center of the world - and the United States, neither. We have other key players on the international stage: China, of course; but also Brazil, India and South Africa. And their influence is very, very strong. Votes: 3

Alain Juppe

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When I was minister of sport in Brazil, I tried to bring in a law that would make the chairmen of clubs reveal their accounts like other businesses. It was turned down, but I think it is an important story that will make a good film. Votes: 3

Pele

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I played for Santos at 16, and we had an excellent team, so it helped a lot. And then I played for Brazil at the Maracana against Argentina. So I get more experience. This was one year before the World Cup, and it made a lot of difference. Votes: 3

Pele

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I have never said, as is sometimes believed, or even suggested that lower-class children should not learn the so-called educated norm of the Portuguese language of Brazil. What I have said is that the problems of language always involve ideological questions and, along with them, questions of power. Votes: 3

Paulo Freire

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Several countries - among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel and Sweden - ban or severely restrict the use of wild animals in circuses. In Brazil, a movement to ban wild animals from circuses started after hungry lions managed to grab and devour a small boy. Votes: 3

Peter Singer

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I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close! Votes: 3

Estelle

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Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era. Votes: 3

Eduardo Paes

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In my own experience as president of Brazil I observed first hand many of the trends that Nam identifies in this book, but he describes them in a way that is as original as it is delightful to read. All those who have power-or want it-should read this book. Votes: 3

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

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If you play the same club every week of every month, it's kind of boring. It's great that you can play one night in Brazil and one night in Japan, one night in Europe, and see the world. It's amazing what you see if you travel around the world. Votes: 3

Tiesto

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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. Votes: 3

Michael Sandel

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My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I'm like, 'That was me growing up in Brazil!' I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman. Votes: 3

Camila Alves

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Mexico is the second most important destination of U.S. exports. What does this mean? The U.S. sells to our country almost the same as it sells to all the European Union, five times what it sells Brazil. More than what it sells together to Brazil, Russia, China, and India. Votes: 3

Enrique Pena Nieto

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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. Votes: 3

Pele

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It's Brazil 2 Scotland 1, so Scotland are back where they were at the start of the match Votes: 2

Barry Davies

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If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a Communist Votes: 1

Manuel Alcántara

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As a kid, you obviously dream of being a professional footballer. I would watch players like Ronaldo of Brazil and pretend to be him in the playground. But I don't think about trying to become one of the best in the world or anything like that. I just play football. Votes: 1

Gareth Bale

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Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in the international community - but rather Brazil or Japan, a technological powerhouse with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons if the political winds were to shift, while remaining a nonnuclear weapons state. Votes: 1

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Right now I'm living my boyhood dream, which was to play for a European club. The fact that it's a huge club like Barcelona makes it a tremendous honour. I like everything about the city: the climate, the people. It's quite similar to Brazil, which helps a lot. There's even a beach! Votes: 1

Neymar

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The global phenomenon of poverty tourism - or 'poorism' - has become increasingly popular during the past few years. Tourists pay to be guided through the favelas of Brazil and the shantytowns of South Africa. The recently opened Los Angeles Gang Tour carries visitors through battle-scarred territories of urban violence and deprivation. Votes: 1

Leslie Jamison

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During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come. Votes: 1

Michael Franti

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Only the fat-cat corporations can really afford to put on two mega-ready-to-wear shows a year, or four if you add two haute couture shows, or six if you count men's wear. Resort and prefall push the number up to eight. A couple of promotional shows in Asia, Brazil, Dubai or Moscow can bring the count to 10. Votes: 1

Suzy Menkes

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I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil. Votes: 1

Dilma Rousseff

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Peppers, garlic, hazelnuts and brazil nuts make my mouth, tongue and eyes swell and itch within minutes of eating them. Votes: 0

Andrea McLean

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