The Portuguese and Galician term 'saudade' suggests a profoundly bittersweet nostalgia. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“Spanish—how shall I say this?—is like Portuguese spoken with a speech impediment.” — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
I've recorded in Portuguese, too. I didn't set out to just sing ballads or romantic songs. — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
I speak English, Portuguese, and French. One day I'd love to learn Italian. — Izabel Goulart Copy Share Image
Tempura-style batters were originally brought to Japan by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. — J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Copy Share Image
I am very happy to be signing for the best team in the world and especially proud to be the first Portuguese… — Cristiano Ronaldo Copy Share Image
I learned Portuguese, English and Spanish. It was great for me. My family always forced me to speak in every language. — Vicente Luque Copy Share Image
We speak loud. And we speak with our hands, but we're not aggressive like warwise. A Portuguese is not going to punch… — Daniela Ruah Copy Share Image
PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
If something is not right we give out about it. He is almost a Yorkshireman with a Portuguese accent. — Neil Warnock Copy Share Image
I'm lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
I first came across her [Bae Suah] when I read some elderly male critic castigating her for 'doing violence to the Korean… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
When I lived in the U.S., I spoke Portuguese with my mother and grandmother, Spanish with my father and his family, and… — Vicente Luque Copy Share Image
I don't have any connection to Portuguese, but I listened to a lot of music in other languages because I was really… — Tucker Halpern Copy Share Image
I keep boxes filled with recuerdos - little memories that are in the form of pictures and events that I've written down.… — Sonia Braga Copy Share Image
“Tijolos que pisei e repisei naquela tarde, colunas amareladas que me passastes à direita ou à esquerda, segundo eu ia ou vinha,… — Machado de Assis Copy Share Image
It is like sitting in a traffic jam on the San Diego Freeway with your windows rolled up and Portuguese music booming… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
These were African-Arab-Asian values. The only section of Europe that had a high value system during the Dark Ages was the, were… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Luke rose to his feet. "I'm taking five minutes for some air. I'll be back. " He felt them watching him as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The main reason I decided to study Latin American literature was because I'd gotten somewhat bored by the American fiction I was… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
Congratulations. You have met your conscience. In my experience, the world is divided between those who have one and those who don't.… — Jean Ferris Copy Share Image
“A long time ago I lived in Lisbon,' she said, in softly slurred Portuguese that made the name of the city Leesh-boa.… — Henry Kuttner Copy Share Image
I have a few minor rules for myself but I break them all the time. For example, when translating from Romance languages… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing,… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
Dominicus Corea had a posthumous son, Lewis Corea who became the Dissawe of Uva. Sir Paul Peiris wrote that 'With the disappearance… — Dominicus Corea Copy Share Image
It's fun when the writers start writing jokes to you, but also it's fun when the writers will come to you and… — David Alan Basche Copy Share Image
The Arabs understandably did everything they could to protect their monopoly. Coffee beans were treated before being shipped to ensure they were… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
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