Portal:Latin America/Featured quote list

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Day 1

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Ningún lugar en la vida es más triste que una cama vacía.
No place in life is sadder than an empty bed.

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Gabriel García Márquez

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Day 2

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Las ideas no necesitan ni de las armas, en la medida en que sean capaces de conquistar a las grandes masas.

Ideas do not need weapons, if they can convince the great masses.

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Fidel Castro

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Day 3

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Me siento tan patriota de Latinoamérica, de cualquier país de Latinoamérica, como el que más y, en el momento en que fuera necesario, estaría dispuesto a entregar mi vida por la liberación de cualquiera de los países de Latinoamérica, sin pedirle nada a nadie, sin exigir nada, sin explotar a nadie.
I feel such a patriotism for Latin America, for any country in Latin America, that in the moment it might be necessary, I would be ready to yield my life for the liberation of any Latin American nation, without asking anybody anything, without demanding anything, without exploiting anyone.

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Che Guevara Wikiquote

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Day 4

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O passado é lição para refletir, não para repetir.
The past is a study for reflection, not for repetition.

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Mário de Andrade

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Day 5

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...amor cuerdo, no es amor...

...prudent love, isn't love...

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José Martí Wikiquote in Spanish

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Day 6

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Em rio que tem piranha, jacaré nada de costas.

In a piranha-infested river, alligators swim backstroke.

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Brazilian proverb, see Wikiquote

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Day 7

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De lo heroico a lo ridículo no hay más que un paso.

There is only a step between the heroic and the ridiculous.

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Simón de Bolívar, see Wikiquote for more

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Day 8

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América no es tanto una tradición que continuar como un futuro que realizar.

America isn't so much a tradition to continue as a future to realise

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Octavio Paz, see Wikiquote in Spanish for more

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Day 9

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Sólo un idiota puede ser totalmente feliz.

Only an idiot can be totally happy

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Mario Vargas Llosa, for more see Wikiquote in Spanish

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Day 10

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Pies, para qué los quiero

Si tengo alas para volar.

Feet, what do I need them for
If I have wings to fly.

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Frida Kahlo, for more see Wikiquote

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Day 11

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Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.

When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.

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(This is the world's shortest story.) Augusto Monterroso

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Day 12

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¡Defenderé el peso como un perro!

I will defend the peso like a dog!

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José López Portillo

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Day 13

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Fue la mano de Dios.

It was the hand of God

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Diego Maradona, in reference to a goal scored against England, for more see Wikiquote

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Day 14

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As pessoas tentam encontrar um novo Pelé, mas isso não pode ser. Como na música, em que só existe um Frank Sinatra e um Beethoven, ou nas artes, com um único Michelangelo, no futebol só há um Pelé

People try to find a new Pelé, but this cannot be. Just as in music, where there only existed one Frank Sinatra and one Beethoven, or in the arts, only one Michelangelo, so in football there is only one Pelé.

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Pelé, for more see Wikiquote

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Day 15

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Ningún lugar en la vida es más triste que una cama vacía.
No place in life is sadder than an empty bed.

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Gabriel García Márquez

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Day 16

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¡Morir antes que esclavos vivir!

To die rather than to live as slaves!

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The official motto of Bolivia

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Day 17

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Somos una nación moderna y próspera, sin envidiar lo que nos rodea.

We are a modern and prosperous nation, without envy towards that which surrounds us.

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Francisco Solano López

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Day 18

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Havana is rotting, it's rusting, it often stinks and it's very much alive.

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Cleo Paskal (from [1])

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Day 19

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La risa es el lenguaje del alma.

Laughter is the language of the soul.

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Pablo Neruda, for more see Wikiquote

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Day 20

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Concluo que o atual modelo brasileiro é contrário ao projeto de Deus.

I conclude that the modern Brazilian model is contrary to God's project.

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Cláudio Hummes, see Wikiquote in Portuguese

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Day 21

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The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly.

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Christopher Columbus, for more see Wikiquote

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Day 22

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El cariño que te tengo No te lo puedo negar Se me sale la babita Yo no lo puedo evitar.

The love I have for you is something I cannot deny I drool all over I cannot help it.

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From Chan Chan by Compay Segundo

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Day 23

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I have known many chess players, but only one chess genius, Capablanca

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Emmanuel Lasker, for more see Wikiquote

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Day 24

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A ciência deve ser universal, sem dúvida. Porém, nós não devemos acreditar incondicionalmente nisto. Science should be universal, without a doubt. However, one should not believe unconditionally in this.

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César Lattes

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