Pele Quotes
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.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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I go on stage with what God gave me - and that's a natural high. I don't need nothing to perk me up. The audience picks me up enough. That's the total God's truth.
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As great as it is, 'Vogue' won't change a designer's business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week.
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart.
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I feel like my grandparents and parents gave me a tremendous amount. And if I can pass some of that on, then I'll be very happy.
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People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.
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The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
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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.
