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.

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.

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.

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

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

Idolatrous beliefs have eroded the foundations of truth. Whether ancient or modern, all have posed alternatives to the biblical way of approaching God.

There is no elegance in this existence, nor grace in our lives. There is nothing poetic about feasting on blood that spills from torn flesh...

False friends leave you in times of trouble.

When I die, the consciousness I carry I will to black people. May they pick me apart and take the useful parts, the sweet meat of my feelings. And leave the bitter bullshit rotten white parts alone.

People question me coming through the American frontier these days. They ask, "What's your occupation?" I say, "I'm just a simple gardener." And that is deeply seditious.

Congress first took action against steroids by passing The Anabolic Steroids Control Act of 1990.

If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers.

One advantage of getting older is knowing when to worry.

The best live recordings capture elements of surprise onstage.

If it is not nailed to the floor, it's mine. If I can pry it loose, it is not nailed down.