Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy.

Reality has changed, and we changed with it. However, I never changed sides. I have always been on the side of justice, democracy and social equality.

I believe that Brazil was prepared to elect a woman. Why? Because Brazilian women achieved that. I didn't come here by myself, by my own merits. We are a majority here in this country.

You got to be ready for everything in life

We cannot rest while Brazilians are going hungry, while families are living in the streets, while poor children are abandoned to their own fates and while crack and crack dens rule.

I am not an adolescent, nor a romantic. I analyze objectively.

I hope the fathers and mothers of little girls will look at them and say 'yes, women can.'

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place.

We spend most of the time justifying the situation and not finding the real problem thus leaving minimal chance of solutions.

Bad news should always come after lunch.. first thing in the morning everything left a bruise.

Living well is the best revenge.

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.

...language is never innocent.

Every day in Pittsburgh five million people travel across bridges that either need to be replaced or undergo major repairs.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

A breath of Paris preserves the soul.