Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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.

Richard Boucher

We have told the Brazilians that we think that these are measures that provide tremendous inconvenience to travelers and that they need to be changed.

Without a doubt the investments flows into Brazil by foreign investors are bolstering the real.

Glenn Hoddle

Personally, (I think) they could - but if you pushed me I think Brazil will win. There's a good chance we'll have a good World Cup.

Niklas Zennstrom

We have a much higher penetration in countries like Brazil and Poland, where phone rates are high and service is hit or miss in some places.

Celso Amorim

We are ready to talk, but it is just an exploratory conversation, since Brazil isn't negotiating with the United Kingdom. The negotiation involves the G-20 (the group of 21 developing countries), Europe, and the United States.

You can be sure that in countries like Brazil and India, there may be guidelines in place, but they're not being followed as strictly as they are here,

Dan Barker

We think cellular companies in Brazil will go through consolidation.

Very few producers can make money at 50 cents a pound. Brazil needs 65 cents and that's still cheap. For most, breakeven is around $1.

We extended a lot of energy yesterday, a lot of emotion in the Brazil game and so to come out flat and play the way we did is not surprising.

Michael Shifter

With this move, he risks alienating natural and otherwise sympathetic partners like Brazil and Spain. Ordering the military to seize the natural gas fields is unnecessarily confrontational and antagonistic.

Alan Furst

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

Peter Gordon

These tree farms in Brazil are growing eucalyptus to full height in 10 years. The fiber is very cheap and they just grow these trees in concentric rings around a huge pulp mill.

Tiago Monteiro

After such a great race at Spa and only three races left, everybody is very motivated to go to Brazil. The extra point could not have come at a better time. Brazil will be a very difficult track physically because of its anticlockwise configuration and also because it is quite technical to find a good set-up. We will have to be ready for the challenge. Of course, I am as motivated as ever - even more than ever - and I am looking forward to being there.

Rogerio Ceni

I'm delighted for a Brazil team to win it in the stadium Brazil won the World Cup in. But it wasn't just down to me.

In general, there is a great disappointment that the dollar hasn't rallied in the wake of the Brazil package.

It's wonderful for Brazil to have so many talented forwards. We have many good players, and I don't think other teams have so many, so I think that it's a good problem. We have good replacements. It's wonderful.

They are observing the increase of our cropland and may become important suppliers, as Brazil imports over 50% of its needs.

Investors are interested in Brazil because the prices are very cheap.

Francois Bourguignon

In the past decade, Brazil has not grown very fast. It's urgent to create conditions for growth to accelerate.

I don't promise an easy future. Brazil cannot isolate itself from the rest of the world. Brazil is in the midst of some turbulence.

Say you buy a factory in Brazil. When Brazil devalues its currency, that factory's value in dollars drops dramatically so your investment is worth a lot less. People are less likely to invest in a country that's prone to devaluations,

The U.S. will seek his extradition from Brazil to the United States.

This case creates a situation in which the government and the family in Brazil must deserve some answers.

This method gives us an incredible map of the ubiquitous but very diffuse types of disturbances that exist in Brazil or in any tropical forest.

This is the first time in a long time that Brazil has been able to put together so many favorable conditions for growth. And that fact is due to the economic policies that have been in effect over the last three years.

We saw the market take a pause for breath in February, but Brazil remains the star of the emerging markets and, as long as the international outlook remains positive, stocks should rise.

Michael Shifter

To be frank, it doesn't surprise me. Chavez is a case apart; but if you look at the finance ministers -- Chile, Uruguay, Brazil -- all of them would please Milton Friedman with their fiscal discipline and their closing down of debts. And even those on the left stress 'effectiveness' as the model. It shows that the old labels don't have a lot of meaning in the present context.

Mario Batali

To get to New York, I was actually on my way to Brazil to help someone open a restaurant and stopped in Florida and met an old college buddy of mine who had a restaurant called Rocco. I came up to open that and I've been in New York for 11 years.

You can't compete. The big competitive edge Brazilians have is labor.

The story is clearest in the natural resource area. They import a lot from resource-rich countries like Brazil and Chile. It's no mistake that those are two of the top five performing markets in the world this year.

Adriana Lima

I'm from San Salvador. It is small compared to Sao Paolo. We are really slow there. People work half a day and then go to the beach. People have time.

Henry Louis Gates

Brazil is the second blackest nation in the world.