Gilberto Gil (Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira) Quotes

[ on the "tropicalization" of intellectual property laws ] To make the digital world join in the samba.

Gilberto Gil

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• It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.

  

  Taylor Dye
  • People
  • Music
  • Bad

• Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • Wife
  • Soup
  • Sharing

• It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • People
  • Time
  • Stop

• I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Job
  • Sun
  • Did

• I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.

  

  Patrick Wang
  • Time
  • Find
  • Strange

• I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.

  

  Rain
  • Energy
  • Passion
  • Best

• I've had so many horrible things happen in my life since I did 'Home Improvement' that it's worried me about doing comedy because - how do I say this - I'm a much darker person than I was.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • Life
  • Home
  • Comedy

• You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Time
  • You
  • Without

• I've had such an odd career.

  

  Sally Field
  • Career
  • Odd
  • Had

• To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Man
  • Care
  • Poverty

• I want to walk the red carpet at the Oscars. I am in awe of the ceremony, and winning an Oscar would be the most magical moment of my life. I want to make that speech and hold that trophy and say, 'This is for you, India.' That's the line I have rehearsed for God knows how long. But that has to be for a Hindi language film.

  

  Karan Johar
  • Life
  • God
  • Long

• Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.

  

  Vince Lombardi
  • People
  • Game
  • Football

• Ernie Hudson was new to the comedy world, and being the fourth Ghostbuster, he would have ideas, and he would talk to Ivan Reitman, and Ivan would kind of put him off. I could see how disappointed he was.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • World
  • Comedy
  • Kind

• My greatest strength as a child, I realize now, was my imagination. While every other kid was reading and writing, I had seven whole hours a day to practice my imagination. When do you get that space in your life, ever?

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Reading

• Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.

  

  Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Important
  • Kids
  • History

• There should be a place and the space for all pop.

  

  Malcolm Wilson
  • Space
  • Should
  • Place

• 'Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,' said Japhy. 'Remember that book I told you about; the first sip is joy, the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.'

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Book
  • Remember
  • Passion

• The problem with faith, is that it really is a conversation stopper. Faith is a declaration of immunity to the powers of conversation. It is a reason, why you do not have to give reasons, for what you believe.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Believe
  • Why
  • Faith

• I have been drawing and creating visual works my entire life, as long as I can remember.

  

  Brandon Boyd Incubus
  • Life
  • Long
  • Remember

• Gloire et louange à toi, Satan, dans les hauteursDu Ciel, où tu régnas, et dans les profondeursde l’Enfer, où, vaincu, tu rêves en silence!Fais que mon âme un jour, sous l’Arbre de Science,Près de toi se repose, à l’heure où sur ton frontComme un Temple nouveau ses rameaux s’épandront!

  

  Charles Baudelaire
  • Science
  • Silence
  • Satan

• My music is about love, and I don't discriminate against any type of person.

  

  James Arthur
  • Music

• There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.

  

  Nelson Mandela
  • Power
  • Society
  • Political

• Building a successful company (or living a happy life, for that matter) is not about embracing someone else's philosophy, but staying true to your own beliefs about the world and learning from the mistakes you make along the way.

  

  Ben Parr
  • Life
  • World
  • True

• [ on the "tropicalization" of intellectual property laws ] To make the digital world join in the samba.

  

  Gilberto Gil
  • World
  • Intellectual
  • Property