I studied a lot from bossa nova, and I used to listen to it a lot as a kid because my mum… — Amber Mark Copy Share Image
“My nation is the Portuguese language,’ he declared through Bernardo Soares (Text 259), but he also said: ‘I don’t write in Portuguese.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“Todas as mulheres são mais materialistas do que os homens. Nós fazemos do amor algo enorme, mas elas sempre se mantém ‘terre-à-terre’.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
My CD collection has a lot of world music - lots of Indian, African, Portuguese, Greek, Italian music. Because of my husband,… — Kiran Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands… — Joseph C. Lincoln Copy Share Image
The community is eminently Portuguese - that is to say, it is slow, poor, shiftless, sleepy, and lazy. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Portuguese is the language of my heart; it's the language of my feelings. It's the language that I feel I can express… — Jose Aldo Copy Share Image
When I think of Peter Wolf I always remember the Portuguese proverb: 'Never say you will not drink from that glass again.' — Faye Dunaway Copy Share Image
“Fortunately she stopped the servants before the platters of cold meats left the house, sending them back to the kitchen where she… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was 14 years old. I did an audition for extra work as an actor, with two lines. Suddenly I was auditioning… — Diogo Morgado Copy Share Image
I did a lot of crazy gigs man. I hosted a Jack and Jill strip club in Woonsocket Rhode Island which is… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
You never know what little idea or joke, what flame flickering really quickly, will become a song. That first idea, it can… — Manu Chao Copy Share Image
At the time of independence in 1975, Mozambique was extremely poor. Many Portuguese residents abandoned the country, leaving only a handful of… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
It's true that mostly in the last years, from the moment when Portugal was subjected to this policy of austerity, imposed by… — Miguel Gomes Copy Share Image
The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have maintained their racial purity thanks to their lack of an affinity… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
My feeling is that my body and all my things inside me - when I move, when I do everything - are… — Thiago Alcantara Copy Share Image
My mother, she's the one who's gifted with language. She can speak Japanese, of course, Tagalog, which is a Filipino dialect, Spanish… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
When I take my free-kicks, I think in Portuguese, and at most, I'll do the celebrating in my native tongue. — Andrea Pirlo Copy Share Image
My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
Any sizeable Portuguese town looks like a superstitious bride's finery - something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking… — Sebastian Arcelus Copy Share Image
Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well. — Nelly Furtado Copy Share Image
I'm English. I've never said the opposite. I'm 100 per cent English. In Portugal it happens that a lot of Brazilians play… — Eric Dier Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of people who speak other languages not just fluently but near-native. I speak French, Spanish and Portuguese and I'm… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
It's part of my DNA as a Portuguese. Like many of my ancestors, there's that need to discover the world - exploration… — Mariana van Zeller Copy Share Image
“Dorme, dorme, meu menino Dorme no Mar dos Sargaços Que mais vale o mar a pino Que as serpentes nos meus braços.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I grew up in Fall River, Massachusetts. My background was modest, and I worked at a Portuguese bakery in town. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
We have always felt the support of the Portuguese people. We are a small country, but with many qualities. — Pepe Copy Share Image
The research carried out in the area of language technology is of utmost importance for the consolidation of Portuguese as a language… — Pedro Passos Coelho 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
Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
“Spanish…then I discovered I was going to Brazil…” Now I wanted to say, “So, I learned Portuguese,” but I couldn’t think of… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
One of the dogs in the competition, a Portuguese Water Dog, is related to President Obama's dog, Bo. But they only see… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
When I was young, living in Belgium, my parents spoke Portuguese, we have the Brazilian passion at home, I played with PSV… — Andreas Pereira Copy Share Image
My Cape women are generally true to type - big hearted, motherly women who love the sea. My other characters, with the… — Joseph C. Lincoln Copy Share Image
Portugal was born in the shadow of the Catholic Church and religion, from the beginning it was the formative element of the… — Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Copy Share Image
When you hear Portuguese, if you're listening fleetingly, it's as if you're hearing Russian, which never happens with Spanish. Because the Portuguese… — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
She suddenly remembered studying the brain in science class- how a steel rod pierced a man's skull, and he opened his mouth… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk… — Joe Perry Copy Share Image
