{"quotes":[{"text":"Speechless and very nearly panting, she fell back against the wall with a thump, knowing that if she lived to be ninety, she would still carry the searing mark of that kiss on her soul.'At last,' he murmured. 'A way to shut you up.' Christovao Santos (Chris), Sanctuary.","author":"Sharon K. Garner","tags":["brazil","children-s-book-illustrators","farming-in-brazil","mercenaries","romance","romantic-suspense"],"id":10656,"author_id":"Sharon+K.+Garner"},{"text":"History matters, not because it repeats itself (which it never does), but because its narration can rid demons that torment the oppressed, shock the complacent and intransigent into self-reflection, and inspire feats of human perseverance and will.","author":"Seth Garfield","tags":["brazil","history","history-repeating-itself","importance","oppressed","self-reflection"],"id":71564,"author_id":"Seth+Garfield"},{"text":"Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.","author":"Oscar Niemeyer","tags":["simple","curves","brazil "],"id":73768,"author_id":"Oscar+Niemeyer"},{"text":"What could I offer the local bad boy except my livelihood? Oh, I know. My body or my planes! Why didn't I think of that? Would you have preferred that I offer him my body, Nic, because I sure as hell wasn't going to sign over either of my planes!","author":"Sharon K. Garner","tags":["archaeological-theft","brazil","contemporary","rain-forest","romance","romantic-adventure","survival","women-pilots"],"id":73919,"author_id":"Sharon+K.+Garner"},{"text":"Spanish—how shall I say this?—is likePortuguese spoken with a speech impediment.","author":"Sol Luckman","tags":["brazil","brazilian","comedy","foreign-language","funny","humor","language","porguguese","spanish","speech","speech-impediment","wit","witty"],"id":88637,"author_id":"Sol+Luckman"},{"text":"Nightmare completed, another humiliating defeat. 10 goals in 2 game. It will take time to come out from such humiliating defeat for Brazilian fans. But I think when you like something, when you fall to someone, when you are in love, you like them whatever happens, even they give tears to you time to time because you liked it from your heart.","author":"Nutan Bajracharya","tags":["brazil","defeat","football","nightmare","sadness","soccer","unsuccessful","world-cup"],"id":106266,"author_id":"Nutan+Bajracharya"},{"text":"The faster you go, the idler you get.","author":"Ferreira Gullar","tags":["brazil","consumerism","poetry","society"],"id":124459,"author_id":"Ferreira+Gullar"},{"text":"Established politicians are also bumping into a new cast of characters within corridors of legislative power. In 2010 parliamentary elections in Brazil, for example, the candidate who won the most votes anywhere in the country (and the second-most-voted congressman in the country's history) was a clown - an actual clown who went by the name of Tiririca and wore his clown costume while he campaigned. His platform was as anti-politician as it gets. 'I don't know what a representative in congress does,' he told voters in YouTube video that attracted millions of voters, 'but if you send me there I will tell you'. He also explained that his goal was 'to help needy people in this country, but especially my family'.","author":"Moisés Naím","tags":["brazil","clown","elections","politician","politics"],"id":197319,"author_id":"Mois%C3%A9s+Na%C3%ADm"},{"text":"Please. Put the gun down and we'll talk. A beautiful woman holding a small cannon plays hell with my concentration. Christovao (Chris) Santos, Sanctuary.","author":"Sharon K. Garner","tags":["brazil","children-s-book-illustrators","farming-in-brazil","mercenaries","romance","romantic-suspense"],"id":279534,"author_id":"Sharon+K.+Garner"},{"text":"The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.","author":"Vik Muñiz","tags":["artist","awesome","beauty","brazil","inspiration","vik-muniz"],"id":359752,"author_id":"Vik+Mu%C3%B1iz"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}