Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda (Chico Buarque) Quotes
Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda
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I used to shop in ASDA all the time. Every now and then I still go in to get a little salad for lunch.
Fleur East -
What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful.
Barbara Lee -
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
Victor Hugo -
I kind of just want to look like a cool French girl in the Sixties most of the time. Or TLC.
Laura Harrier -
The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
Damian Woetzel -
I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
Fiona Shaw
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Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
Florida Scott-Maxwell -
Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
There are more books in the world than hours in which to read them. We are thus deeply influenced by books we haven't read, that we haven't had the time to read.
Umberto Eco -
What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people are mature they have lost their innate capabilities.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
When I had my first boy it all started and that male energy seemed to keep me awake but since my daughter, who's incredibly serene, I can't seem to stop sleeping because she's asleep all the time. It's a pattern.
Sadie Frost -
When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.
Ed Westwick
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Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
Dan Ariely -
I went to Rosemary Beach, Florida, for the first time in the spring of 2012.
Abbi Glines -
Dallas is a positive, get-it done city.
Laura Miller -
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time I get a blurb from a bookseller, I try to write a thank you note.
Gabrielle Zevin -
I went to hockey camp at Michigan because my dad has some relatives in the Ann Arbor area. We went to visit them as kids, and you start to learn the language from being around people. At the same time, when I got to college, I thought my English was better than it really was. I learned a lot over my four years.
Carl Hagelin -
I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.
Mandy Moore
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I've never worked on a lawyer show for a long time, but I imagine the actors all start acting like lawyers.
Katey Sagal -
It's easy in music to tell what's good. It's hard to tell what's bad.
David Geffen -
When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that.
Patricia Heaton -
One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings.
Pilou Asbaek -
Wonder Woman isn't even American; she's an Amazon princess.
Jim Lee -
Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.
Francisco "Chico" Buarque de Hollanda