Rousseff Dilma Quotes & Sayings

My mother had a habit of hanging onto - even treasuring - the foibles of my distant infantile state. — Alice Munro

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. — Dilma Rousseff

Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation. — Warren Beatty

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. — Dilma Rousseff

We will not play with inflation. We are living a delicate moment. President Obama spoke to me today about the high unemployment affecting the United States. In this crisis period, when the developed nations are not recovering, it's prudent to maintain the established inflation target. — Dilma Rousseff

My mission is to eradicate poverty. — Dilma Rousseff

The biggest challenges are always getting into the rooms that you need to get into and having people open to the types of stories that I want to tell. And I feel that just being a female director and doing that is a big deal in this country. On my third movie I worked with a French DP. I asked him has he ever worked with a woman director before? He said in France a third of directors are women; so you can't avoid them. So I realized that the US is behind. — Kasi Lemmons

Always saying, "I tried" when you didn't really try at all. — Paulo Coelho

I consider the relationship with the U.S. very important to Brazil. I will try to forge closer ties with the U.S. — Dilma Rousseff

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

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

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions. — Dilma Rousseff

You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit. — Harrison Ford

It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living. It is clear also that thought is not free if all the arguments on one side of a controversy are perpetually presented as attractively as possible, while the arguments on the other side can only be discovered by diligent search. — Bertrand Russell

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. — Dilma Rousseff

You got to be ready for everything in life — Dilma Rousseff

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil. — Dilma Rousseff

If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life. — Barbara Kingsolver

Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who does not value the Brazilian democracy. — Dilma Rousseff

The current generation of world leaders
our generation
is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security and the environment. We have been unable to solve old disputes and to prevent new threats. The use of force is incapable of eliminating the underlying causes of conflict. — Dilma Rousseff