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Dilma Rousseff Quotes

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.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: brazilian
Birth: December 14, 1947

Topics

Great Moment Woman World Believe

My natural gravitation is toward the gray and the black and the white and the burgundy. Sort of muted, cool colors.

Cool Colors Black White Gray Sort

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

Shirley Hazzard

Fear Great America Civilization Turn

My father was a preacher in Maryland and we had crab feasts - with corn on the cob, but no beer, being Methodist - outside on the church lawn.

Father Beer Church Outside Crab

The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.

Looking Heaven Down Los Angeles Only

Writing and reading fiction is, I think, a human effort to make sense of the world.

Effort Writing World Reading Think

I like to be fragile. I like that. I try to be close to that energy and sensibility.

Energy Try Fragile Close Like

Here was a man with loads of talent, loads of ability, lots of love to give; but that had been stifled and aborted. I became very fond of that character.

Love Character Man Talent Ability

One thing I was proud of when I did the college talks was that, although stories revolved around experiences that I had in wrestling, one did not need to be a wrestling fan to enjoy them.

College Proud Enjoy Wrestling Need

You can refi your car loan just like you can refi your mortgage. It's even easier and less expensive. There's no appraisal process, and fees are minimal for a new car title. A couple of caveats: Most lenders require that the car be less than five years old and have a minimum loan balance of $7,500.

Car Balance New Car Process You New

I've always been looking to get goals and assists, and to do that, I need to be higher up the pitch.

Goals Looking Need Always Up Get

I worked with Dalton Trumbo, who served time for refusing to give up names of people that were accused of being Communists. I've always admired him.

Time People Him Always Names Up

I like that original romance of having a pen and a legal pad and going anywhere in the world and being able to write a novel with just those two things.

Alice McDermott

World Legal Pen Write Two Romance

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