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Quotes About Sao Paulo

I'd be happy to play in Sao Paulo. It would be a dream; that would be very exciting.
~ Diego Forlan
I was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and from an early age was interested in technology and engineering.
~ Mike Krieger
From the moment I left Sao Paulo and Brazil, I was fixed on staying here, playing for the first team and succeeding at Real Madrid. That was always my dream. But it was an advantage to be able to join Castilla first.
~ Casemiro
When the mayor of Sao Paulo wanted to increase bus fare by 21 centavos in 2013, the country erupted in the largest mass protests in its history. It wasn't a dramatic hike - just nine cents - but a perfect symbol of the increasing burdens on the working poor, forced to fend with an inadequate system, insensitive to their plight.
~ Franklin Foer
Ghazi al-Diri's life ended with the Korean's call. He was in the commissary when his phone buzzed, letting his coffee steep in a French press he brought from Saõ Paulo. Now, he slipped the phone into his pocket, and poured the coffee. Several of his men were near, eating burritos of eggs and beans they had made for themselves. Ghazi moved away from them to think. He was angry, but might yet survive if he remained calm. Maysan
~ Robert Crais
Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks.
~ Gisele Bundchen
All the way through the youth ranks at Sao Paulo, I've always been the captain.
~ Casemiro
My master's was in economics, and my Ph.D. was in philosophy, and I became a professor at USP. But after three years, I was invited to be secretary of finance for Sao Paulo mayor Marta Suplicy. They reached out to be because of my economics background.
~ Fernando Haddad
I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world.
~ Emerson Fittipaldi
I based in Brazil, Sao Paulo, but I come very often to the states, and I travel all over the world.
~ Emerson Fittipaldi
I didn't make any money in soccer, only spent money. I had offers to play in Sao Paulo, but my mother didn't let me go.
~ Jessica Andrade
In Brazil, from 2008–14, a local NGO, ReCivitas Institute, gave a monthly basic income of about US$9 to 100 residents of Quatinga Velho, a small poor village in São Paulo state, funded by private donors. In January 2016, it launched Basic Income Startup, another donor-funded project, which will give individuals a 'lifetime' basic income, adding another individual for each $1,000 donated. ReCivitas hopes this idea will be replicated elsewhere in Brazil and internationally.
~ Guy Standing
I saw United matches on TV as a kid in Sao Paulo. I loved watching Ruud van Nistelrooy. He was a hero for me because of the way he scored goals in all competitions.
~ Robinho
Sao Paulo is a dump. That's a known fact.
~ Colby Covington