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«The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.»
 
Marlene Dietrich*

* (Schöneberg, Province of Brandenburg, German Empire 27-Dec-1901 / Paris, France 6-May-1992)
German-American actress and singer. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and garnered her a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US.
Dietrich became a U.S. citizen in 1939 and throughout World War II she was a high-profile frontline entertainer.
Legs (Lisboa)

«The average man is more interested in a woman who is interested in him than he is in a woman with beautiful legs.»

Marlene Dietrich*

* (Schöneberg, Province of Brandenburg, German Empire 27-Dec-1901 / Paris, France 6-May-1992)
German-American actress and singer. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and garnered her a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US.
Dietrich became a U.S. citizen in 1939 and throughout World War II she was a high-profile frontline entertainer.

«The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.»
 
Jackie Gleason*

* (Bushwick, New York City, NY, U.S. 26-Feb-1916 / Lauderhill, Florida 24-June-1987).
Comedian, actor, and musician.
DietiSlender (Lisboa)

«The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.»

Jackie Gleason*

* (Bushwick, New York City, NY, U.S. 26-Feb-1916 / Lauderhill, Florida 24-June-1987).
Comedian, actor, and musician.

«Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.»

Mark Twain
The Triangle (Lisboa)

«Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.»

Mark Twain

«Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.»

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow*

* (Portland, Maine, U.S. 27-Feb-1807 / Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. 24-Mar-1882).
Poet and educator. Longfellow wrote predominantly lyric poems, known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses.
Enjoying the Sights (Estoril)

«Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.»

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow*

* (Portland, Maine, U.S. 27-Feb-1807 / Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. 24-Mar-1882).
Poet and educator. Longfellow wrote predominantly lyric poems, known for their musicality and often presenting stories of mythology and legend. He became the most popular American poet of his day and also had success overseas. He has been criticized, however, for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses.

«If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.» 

Napoleon Bonaparte*

* (Ajaccio, Corsica, France 15-Aug-1769 / Longwood, Saint Helena 5-May-1821).
Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of fluctuating alliances and the elevation of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French vassal states. Napoleon was himself President (1802-1805), then king of Italy (1805-1814), Mediator of the Swiss Confederation (1803-1813) and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813). When Napoleon placed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, on the throne of Spain and tried to compel Portugal to follow his Continental System, it led to opposition in both countries and, with assistance of the British army, to the Peninsular War which drained French resources.
The Sunbath (Carcavelos)

«If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.»

Napoleon Bonaparte*

* (Ajaccio, Corsica, France 15-Aug-1769 / Longwood, Saint Helena 5-May-1821).
Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of fluctuating alliances and the elevation of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French vassal states. Napoleon was himself President (1802-1805), then king of Italy (1805-1814), Mediator of the Swiss Confederation (1803-1813) and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813). When Napoleon placed his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, on the throne of Spain and tried to compel Portugal to follow his Continental System, it led to opposition in both countries and, with assistance of the British army, to the Peninsular War which drained French resources.

«Patriotism, the virtue of the vicious.»

Oscar Wilde
"Ceux champions de lá-bas sont dégueulasse. Comment peux-je avaler ça?"

«Patriotism, the virtue of the vicious.»

Oscar Wilde

«The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.»
 
Jessamyn West*

* (Vernon, Indiana, U.S. 18-July-1902 / Napa County, California, U.S. 23-Feb-1984)
Author of short stories and novels. A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921.
Past and Future (Lisboa)

«The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.»

Jessamyn West*

* (Vernon, Indiana, U.S. 18-July-1902 / Napa County, California, U.S. 23-Feb-1984)
Author of short stories and novels. A Quaker from Indiana, she graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1919 and Whittier College in 1923. There she helped found the Palmer Society in 1921.

«The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.» 

Robert M. Hutchins*

* (Brooklyn, NY, U.S. 17-Jan-1899 / Santa Barbara, CA, U.S. 17-May-1977).
Educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, president and chancellor of the University of Chicago. Although his father and grandfather were both Presbyterian ministers, Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism.
The Accordionist of Santa Justa's Stairs (Lisboa)

«The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.»

Robert M. Hutchins*

* (Brooklyn, NY, U.S. 17-Jan-1899 / Santa Barbara, CA, U.S. 17-May-1977).
Educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, president and chancellor of the University of Chicago. Although his father and grandfather were both Presbyterian ministers, Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism.

«Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened»

T.S. Eliot*

* (St. Louis, MO, U.S. 26-Sep-1888 / Kensington, London, England 4-Jan-1965).
Essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century's major poets. He emigrated to England in 1914 (at age 25) and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry.
Time After Time (Coimbra)

«Footfalls echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened»

T.S. Eliot*

* (St. Louis, MO, U.S. 26-Sep-1888 / Kensington, London, England 4-Jan-1965).
Essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and one of the twentieth century's major poets. He emigrated to England in 1914 (at age 25) and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948, "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry."

«To sit with a dog on a hillside, on a glorious afternoon, is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.»

Milan Kundera*

* (Brno, Czechoslovakia 1-Apr-1929)
Of Czech origin, he has lived in exile in France since 1975, having become a naturalised citizen in 1981. He sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores.
His books were banned by the Communist regimes of Czechoslovakia until the downfall of the regime in the Velvet Revolution of 1989. A perennial contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he has been nominated on several occasions.
Mistrustful (Lisboa)

«To sit with a dog on a hillside, on a glorious afternoon, is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.»

Milan Kundera*

* (Brno, Czechoslovakia 1-Apr-1929)
Of Czech origin, he has lived in exile in France since 1975, having become a naturalised citizen in 1981. He "sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores.
His books were banned by the Communist regimes of Czechoslovakia until the downfall of the regime in the Velvet Revolution of 1989. A perennial contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he has been nominated on several occasions.

«More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.»

Woody Allen*

* (The Bronx, NY, U.S. 1-Dec-1935).
Actor, filmmaker, comedian, musician, and playwright whose career spans more than 50 years.
Allen has been nominated 24 times and won four Academy Awards: three for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Director (Annie Hall). He has more screenwriting Academy Award nominations than any other writer, and has won nine British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards.
Crossroads (Fátima)

«More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.»

Woody Allen*

* (The Bronx, NY, U.S. 1-Dec-1935).
Actor, filmmaker, comedian, musician, and playwright whose career spans more than 50 years.
Allen has been nominated 24 times and won four Academy Awards: three for Best Original Screenplay and one for Best Director (Annie Hall). He has more screenwriting Academy Award nominations than any other writer, and has won nine British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards.

«Tobacco is a dirty weed.  I like it.
It satisfies no normal need.  I like it.
It makes you thin, it makes you lean,
It takes the hair right off your bean
It's the worst darn stuff I've ever seen.
I like it.»

Graham Lee Hemminger*

* (Nicholson, PA, U.S. 19-Dec-1895 / Great Neck, NY, U.S. 19-Dec-1950).
An expert on drug industry merchandising, he figured in the planning of the trade campaigns of many leading manufacturers. Among his most conspicuous plans was that for Nationally Advertised Brands Week, an industry-wide promotion conducted in October of each year.
A Smoky Relaxation (Lisboa)

«Tobacco is a dirty weed. I like it.
It satisfies no normal need. I like it.
It makes you thin, it makes you lean,
It takes the hair right off your bean
It's the worst darn stuff I've ever seen.
I like it.»

Graham Lee Hemminger*

* (Nicholson, PA, U.S. 19-Dec-1895 / Great Neck, NY, U.S. 19-Dec-1950).
An expert on drug industry merchandising, he figured in the planning of the trade campaigns of many leading manufacturers. Among his most conspicuous plans was that for Nationally Advertised Brands Week, an industry-wide promotion conducted in October of each year.

«The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.» 

Leonardo da Vinci
A Foot (Lisboa)

«The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.»

Leonardo da Vinci

«When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.» 

Alan Keyes*

* (Long Island, NY, U.S. 7-Aug-1950).
Conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. 
Keyes was appointed Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations by President Ronald Reagan, and served as Reagan's Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.
Bye Bye Euro (Finally!!!) (Lisboa)

«When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom.»

Alan Keyes*

* (Long Island, NY, U.S. 7-Aug-1950).
Conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office.
Keyes was appointed Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations by President Ronald Reagan, and served as Reagan's Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.

«She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.» 

Raymond Chandler*

* (La Jolla, CA, U.S. 23-July-1888 / Chicago, IL, U.S. 26-Mar-1959).
Novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age forty-four, Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. 
Some of Chandler's novels are considered important literary works, and three are often considered masterpieces: Farewell, My Lovely (1940), The Little Sister (1949), and The Long Goodbye (1953).
Don't Look Behind (Lisboa)

«She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.»

Raymond Chandler*

* (La Jolla, CA, U.S. 23-July-1888 / Chicago, IL, U.S. 26-Mar-1959).
Novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at age forty-four, Chandler decided to become a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression.
Some of Chandler's novels are considered important literary works, and three are often considered masterpieces: "Farewell, My Lovely" (1940), "The Little Sister" (1949), and "The Long Goodbye" (1953).

«A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.»

William Wordsworth*

* (Cockermouth, Cumberland, Kingdom of Great Britain 7-Apr-1770 / Cumberland 23-Apr-1850).
Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).
Such an Immense World (Lisboa)

«A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.»

William Wordsworth*

* (Cockermouth, Cumberland, Kingdom of Great Britain 7-Apr-1770 / Cumberland 23-Apr-1850).
Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798).

«There are no true friends in politics.»
 
Marcus Tullius Cicero*

* (Arpinum, Roman Republic 106 BC / Formia, Roman Republic 43 BC).
Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
The Gang (Loulé)

«There are no true friends in politics.»

Marcus Tullius Cicero*

* (Arpinum, Roman Republic 106 BC / Formia, Roman Republic 43 BC).
Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

«From 1998 to 2007, 18 500 children died in car accidents, in the 27 EU countries» 

European Transport Safety Council
Cars and Children (Montijo)

«From 1998 to 2007, 18 500 children died in car accidents, in the 27 EU countries»

European Transport Safety Council

«We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.»

Henri Cartier-Bresson*

* (Chanteloup-en-Brie, France 22-Aug-1908 / Montjustin, France 3-Aug-2004.
Photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was the master of candid photography and an early user of 35 mm film. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style, and coined the term, The Decisive Moment, that has inspired generations of photographers ever since.
Points...

«We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.»

Henri Cartier-Bresson*

* (Chanteloup-en-Brie, France 22-Aug-1908 / Montjustin, France 3-Aug-2004.
Photographer considered to be the father of photojournalism. He was the master of candid photography and an early user of 35 mm film. He helped develop the street photography or life reportage style, and coined the term, The Decisive Moment, that has inspired generations of photographers ever since.

«In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.»
 
Henri Cartier-Bresson
... of View (Lisboa)

«In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.»

Henri Cartier-Bresson

«While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.»
 
John Taylor*

* (Caroline County, Colony of Virginia 19-Dec1753 / 21-Aug-1824).
Politician and writer. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the United States Senate.
A Pitonisa (Lourinhã)

«While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil.»

John Taylor*

* (Caroline County, Colony of Virginia 19-Dec1753 / 21-Aug-1824).
Politician and writer. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and in the United States Senate.

«I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food.
He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.»

Johnny Carson*

* (Corning, IA, U.S. 23-October-1925 / Los Angeles, CA, U.S. 23-January-2005)
Television host, comedian, writer, producer, actor, and musician known for thirty years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Johnny Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Great Little Pleasures (Leiria)

«I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food.
He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.»

Johnny Carson*

* (Corning, IA, U.S. 23-October-1925 / Los Angeles, CA, U.S. 23-January-2005)
Television host, comedian, writer, producer, actor, and musician known for thirty years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Governor's Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Johnny Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.

«That's what bothers me about the English soccer; they all kick that ball, in the vague hope somewhere will be a forward player.»

Ritchie Blackmore*

* (Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England 14-Apr-1945).
Guitarist and songwriter, who began his professional career as a session musician as a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of pop singers. Blackmore was also one of the original members of Deep Purple, playing jam-style rock music which mixed simple guitar riffs and organ sounds.
A Bola (Lisboa)

«That's what bothers me about the English soccer; they all kick that ball, in the vague hope somewhere will be a forward player.»

Ritchie Blackmore*

* (Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England 14-Apr-1945).
Guitarist and songwriter, who began his professional career as a session musician as a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of pop singers. Blackmore was also one of the original members of Deep Purple, playing jam-style rock music which mixed simple guitar riffs and organ sounds.

«God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.»
 
Ramakrishna*

* (Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India 18-Feb-1836 / Calcutta, Bengal Presidency 
16-Aug-1886).
Ramakrishna was born in a poor Brahmin , Vaishnava family in rural Bengal. He became a priest of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, dedicated to the goddess Kali, which had the influence of the main strands of Bengali bhakti tradition. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda,
Climbing Up the Stairs (Lisboa)

«God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.»

Ramakrishna*

* (Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India 18-Feb-1836 / Calcutta, Bengal Presidency
16-Aug-1886).
Ramakrishna was born in a poor Brahmin , Vaishnava family in rural Bengal. He became a priest of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple, dedicated to the goddess Kali, which had the influence of the main strands of Bengali bhakti tradition. His religious school of thought led to the formation of the Ramakrishna Mission by his chief disciple Swami Vivekananda,

«He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax.»
 
Charles Perrault*

* (Paris, France 12-Jan-1628 / 16-May-1703).

French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard).
Cinderella's Resting (Praia de Santa Cruz)

«He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax.»

Charles Perrault*

* (Paris, France 12-Jan-1628 / 16-May-1703).

French author and member of the Académie française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known of his tales include Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon (Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard).

«The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.»
 
Russell Baker*

* (U.S. 14-Aug-1925).
Essayist, journalist, and biographer, as well as the host of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre. Baker wrote or edited seventeen books. His first Pulitzer was for distinguished commentary for his Observer columns (1979) and the second one was for his autobiography, Growing Up (1982).
Mine's Bigger Than Yours (Lisboa)

«The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.»

Russell Baker*

* (U.S. 14-Aug-1925).
Essayist, journalist, and biographer, as well as the host of the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre. Baker wrote or edited seventeen books. His first Pulitzer was for distinguished commentary for his "Observer" columns (1979) and the second one was for his autobiography, Growing Up (1982).

«I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.»
 
Cristiano Ronaldo*

* (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 5-Feb-1985).
Professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Portugal national team.
Ronaldo is regarded by some in the sport to be currently the best player in the world and one of the greatest of all time. He is the first Portuguese footballer to win two FIFA/Ballons d'Or and the second player to win three European Golden Shoe awards. With Manchester United and Real Madrid, Ronaldo has won three Premier Leagues, one La Liga, one FA Cup, two Football League Cups, two Copas del Rey, one FA Community Shield, one Supercopas de España, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup.
The Emperor (Lisboa)

«I'm living a dream I never want to wake up from.»

Cristiano Ronaldo*

* (Funchal, Madeira, Portugal 5-Feb-1985).
Professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Portugal national team.
Ronaldo is regarded by some in the sport to be currently the best player in the world and one of the greatest of all time. He is the first Portuguese footballer to win two FIFA/Ballons d'Or and the second player to win three European Golden Shoe awards. With Manchester United and Real Madrid, Ronaldo has won three Premier Leagues, one La Liga, one FA Cup, two Football League Cups, two Copas del Rey, one FA Community Shield, one Supercopas de España, two UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup.

«Ensinai aos vossos filhos o trabalho, ensinai às vossas filhas a modéstia, ensinai a todos a virtude da economia. E se não poderdes fazer deles santos, fazei ao menos deles cristãos». 

Salazar*

* (Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão 28-abr-1889 / Lisboa 27-Jul-1970).

Político fascista que foi Presidente do Conselho durante 36 anos.
"Um Par e Meio de Botas" - Monumento ao 'Maior Português de Sempre' (Coruche)

«Ensinai aos vossos filhos o trabalho, ensinai às vossas filhas a modéstia, ensinai a todos a virtude da economia. E se não poderdes fazer deles santos, fazei ao menos deles cristãos».

Salazar*

* (Vimieiro, Santa Comba Dão 28-abr-1889 / Lisboa 27-Jul-1970).

Político fascista que foi Presidente do Conselho durante 36 anos.

«For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. »

Audrey Hepburn*

* (Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium 4-May-1929 / Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland 20-Jan-1993).
After starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn played the lead role in Roman Holiday (1953), for which she was the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. Hepburn remains one of few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. She won a record three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role.
Black & White Colours (Estoril)

«For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. »

Audrey Hepburn*

* (Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium 4-May-1929 / Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland 20-Jan-1993).
After starring in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi, Hepburn played the lead role in Roman Holiday (1953), for which she was the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for a single performance. Hepburn remains one of few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards. She won a record three BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress in a Leading Role.


«More law, less justice.» 

Marcus Tullius Cicero
Nobody is Illegal (Lisboa)

«More law, less justice.»

Marcus Tullius Cicero

«My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.»

Barbra Streisand
Get Sick! You'll Love It... (Lisboa)

«My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'm dying while they're wondering whether I'm Barbra Streisand.»

Barbra Streisand

«No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.»

George Bernard Shaw
Healthy Flavour (Santa Marta de Penaguião)

«No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.»

George Bernard Shaw

«If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.»

Benjamin Franklin*

* (Boston, Massachusetts Bay 17-Jan-1706 / Philadelphia, PA, U.S. 17-Apr-1790).
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was the First American. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions.
Um Dia Bem Passado (Seixal)

«If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.»

Benjamin Franklin*

* (Boston, Massachusetts Bay 17-Jan-1706 / Philadelphia, PA, U.S. 17-Apr-1790).
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was "the First American". A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions.

«American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.» 

W. Somerset Maugham*

* (UK Embassy, Paris, France 25-Jan-1874 / Nice, France 16-December-1965).

British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.
The 9th (or 10th) Commandment (Figueira da Foz)

«American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope to find in their butlers.»

W. Somerset Maugham*

* (UK Embassy, Paris, France 25-Jan-1874 / Nice, France 16-December-1965).

British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.



«Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra.»

John Steinbeck*

* (Salinas, CA, U.S. 26-Feb-1902 / New York City, U.S. 20-Dec-1968).
Author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937).
Steinbeck controversially received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.
Easy Life (Praia da Arrifana)

«Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra.»

John Steinbeck*

* (Salinas, CA, U.S. 26-Feb-1902 / New York City, U.S. 20-Dec-1968).
Author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937).
Steinbeck controversially received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception".

«Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.»
 
Jacques-Henri Lartigue*

* (Courbevoie, France 13-June-1894 / Nice, France 12-Sep-1986). 
Photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and Parisian fashion female models.
The Self-Portrait (Lisboa)

«Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.»

Jacques-Henri Lartigue*

* (Courbevoie, France 13-June-1894 / Nice, France 12-Sep-1986).
Photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and Parisian fashion female models.

«The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.»
 
H. L. Mencken*

* (Baltimore, MD, U.S. 12-Sep-1880 / 29-January-1956).
Journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of American life and culture, and scholar of American English. Known as the Sage of Baltimore, he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century.
The Road (Amora)

«The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.»

H. L. Mencken*

* (Baltimore, MD, U.S. 12-Sep-1880 / 29-January-1956).
Journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of American life and culture, and scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century.

«Não pode ser a Comunicação Social a selecionar aquilo que transmite.» 

Manuela Ferreira Leite*

* (Lisboa, 3-dez-1940).
Economista e política. Entrou para a política pela mão de Aníbal Cavaco Silva, seu colega na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. No VI Governo Constitucional, chefiado por Francisco Sá Carneiro, assumiu funções como chefe de gabinete do então Ministro das Finanças e Plano, até 1981. Seria também Cavaco Silva a nomeá-la Secretária de Estado do Orçamento do XI Governo, em 1990. Em 1991 é chamada para o XII Governo, como Secretária de Estado Adjunta e do Orçamento, até 1993, e como Ministra da Educação, até 1995.
Foi também Ministra de Estado e das Finanças do Governo de Durão Barroso.
The Tin Lady

«Não pode ser a Comunicação Social a selecionar aquilo que transmite.»

Manuela Ferreira Leite*

* (Lisboa, 3-dez-1940).
Economista e política. Entrou para a política pela mão de Aníbal Cavaco Silva, seu colega na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. No VI Governo Constitucional, chefiado por Francisco Sá Carneiro, assumiu funções como chefe de gabinete do então Ministro das Finanças e Plano, até 1981. Seria também Cavaco Silva a nomeá-la Secretária de Estado do Orçamento do XI Governo, em 1990. Em 1991 é chamada para o XII Governo, como Secretária de Estado Adjunta e do Orçamento, até 1993, e como Ministra da Educação, até 1995.
Foi também Ministra de Estado e das Finanças do Governo de Durão Barroso.



«All human beings should try to learn, before they die, what they are running from and to and why.» 

James Thurber*

* (Columbus, OH, U.S. 8-Dec1894 / New York, NY, U.S. 2-Nov-1961).
Cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit.
Hi there! (Lisboa)

«All human beings should try to learn, before they die, what they are running from and to and why.»

James Thurber*

* (Columbus, OH, U.S. 8-Dec1894 / New York, NY, U.S. 2-Nov-1961).
Cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright, and celebrated wit.

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

Oscar Wilde
«I Think But I'm Not Existing» (Lisboa)

“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”

Oscar Wilde

«If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen.» 

VW advertising campaign.
Two Legs Traction (Lisboa)

«If only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen.»

VW advertising campaign.

«An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.»

Lao Tzu
Storing Up For Winter (Odemira)

«An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.»

Lao Tzu

«Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.»

Alexander McQueen
O Júri (Peso da Régua)

«Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.»

Alexander McQueen

Já que a má sorte assim quis, a tua sina te diz...
Que até morrer, terás de ser, sempre infeliz.

(Fado da Sina, de Amadeu Do Vale e Jaime Mendes)
Self-chiromancy

"Já que a má sorte assim quis, a tua sina te diz...
Que até morrer, terás de ser, sempre infeliz."

(Fado da Sina, de Amadeu Do Vale e Jaime Mendes)

Quem não pode fazer grandes coisas, faça ao menos o que estiver na medida de suas forças; certamente não ficará sem recompensa 

Santo António de Lisboa (e Pádua)
Marcha de Santo Anónio

"Quem não pode fazer grandes coisas, faça ao menos o que estiver na medida de suas forças; certamente não ficará sem recompensa"

Santo António de Lisboa (e Pádua)

Lost Time Is Never Found - Benjamin Franklin
Resting Time

"Lost Time Is Never Found" - Benjamin Franklin

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. 

José Mourinho
O 12º Jogador

"The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters."

José Mourinho

«You know, identical twins are never really identical. There is always one that is prettier, and the other one does all the work.» 

Hedra Carlson
Find the Difference

«You know, identical twins are never really identical. There is always one that is prettier, and the other one does all the work.»

Hedra Carlson

«The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.»

Mother Teresa
Jobs - The chestnuts car (Lisboa)

«The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.»

Mother Teresa

«The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.»

Pearl S. Buck *

* (Hillsboro, WV, U.S. 26-June-1892 / Danby, VT, U.S. 6-Mar-1973).
Writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her novel The Good Earth was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.
The Art of Designing the Portuguese Sidewalk (LIsboa)

«The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.»

Pearl S. Buck *

* (Hillsboro, WV, U.S. 26-June-1892 / Danby, VT, U.S. 6-Mar-1973).
Writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in China. Her novel "The Good Earth" was the best-selling fiction book in the U.S. in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.

«I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the manmade sound never equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.»

Alfred Hitchcock*

* (Leytonstone, Essex, England 13-Aug-1899 / Bel Air, CA, U.S. 29-Apr-1980). 
Film director and producer. Often nicknamed The Master of Suspense, he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades.
The Bagpipes Player (London)

«I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the manmade sound never equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.»

Alfred Hitchcock*

* (Leytonstone, Essex, England 13-Aug-1899 / Bel Air, CA, U.S. 29-Apr-1980).
Film director and producer. Often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. Hitchcock directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades.

«All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.»

Louis Armstrong*

* (Corona, Queens, New York City, U.S. 4-Aug-1901 / New Orleans, LA, U.S. 6-July-1971).
Jazz trumpeter, singer, and an influential figure in jazz music. Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance.
The Street Folk Musician (London)

«All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song.»

Louis Armstrong*

* (Corona, Queens, New York City, U.S. 4-Aug-1901 / New Orleans, LA, U.S. 6-July-1971).
Jazz trumpeter, singer, and an influential figure in jazz music. Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance.

«Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.»
 
Laozi *

*  Philosopher and poet of ancient China. He is best known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism, but he is also revered as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. Although a legendary figure, he is usually dated to around the 6th century BC and reckoned a contemporary of Confucius, but some historians contend that he actually lived during the Warring States period of the 5th or 4th century BC. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi is claimed by both the emperors of the Tang dynasty and modern people of the Li surname as a founder of their lineage.

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Pescador (Lagoa de Óbidos)

«Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.»

Laozi *

* Philosopher and poet of ancient China. He is best known as the reputed author of the "Tao Te Ching" and the founder of philosophical Taoism, but he is also revered as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. Although a legendary figure, he is usually dated to around the 6th century BC and reckoned a contemporary of Confucius, but some historians contend that he actually lived during the Warring States period of the 5th or 4th century BC. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi is claimed by both the emperors of the Tang dynasty and modern people of the Li surname as a founder of their lineage.

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«You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.»
 
Merle Shain*

* (1935–1989).
Canadian author and journalist.
Rubber Rising Hands

«You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.»

Merle Shain*

* (1935–1989).
Canadian author and journalist.

«The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.»

Riccardo Muti *

* (Naples, Italy 28-July-1941).
Italian conducter, Muti has been a prolific recording artist and has received dozens of honors, titles, awards and prizes. He is particularly associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi.
Sounds in motion (Lisboa)

«The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude.»

Riccardo Muti *

* (Naples, Italy 28-July-1941).
Italian conducter, Muti has been a prolific recording artist and has received dozens of honors, titles, awards and prizes. He is particularly associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi.

«Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.»

Hal Borland *

* (Sterling, NE, U.S. 14-May-1900 / New York, NY, U.S. 22-Feb-1978).

Author and journalist. In addition to writing several novels and books about the outdoors, he wrote outdoor editorials for The New York Times for more than 30 years, from 1941 to 1978.
The Tiller (Arelho)

«Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.»

Hal Borland *

* (Sterling, NE, U.S. 14-May-1900 / New York, NY, U.S. 22-Feb-1978).

Author and journalist. In addition to writing several novels and books about the outdoors, he wrote "outdoor editorials" for The New York Times for more than 30 years, from 1941 to 1978.

«Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.» 

Paul Theroux
The Tourist (London)

«Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.»

Paul Theroux

«Epitaph for a dead waiter - God finally caught his eye.»

George S. Kaufman
The Waiter (London)

«Epitaph for a dead waiter - God finally caught his eye.»

George S. Kaufman

«Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a pretty picture, not an exercise in contortionist techniques and sheer print quality. It is or should be a signific ant document, a penetrating statement, which can be described in a very simple term - selectivity.»
 
Berenice Abbott
The Painter (Lisboa)

«Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just a pretty picture, not an exercise in contortionist techniques and sheer print quality. It is or should be a signific ant document, a penetrating statement, which can be described in a very simple term - selectivity.»

Berenice Abbott

Dance like no one is watching.

Lindsay Kolb
The Dancer (Lisboa)

"Dance like no one is watching."

Lindsay Kolb

«The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.» 

Desmond Morris
The Zoo Keepers (Lisboa)

«The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.»

Desmond Morris

«Model: Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.»
 
Robert Bresson
Femina Ex Machina (Óbidos)

«Model: Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body.»

Robert Bresson

«Every morning, before beginning your day’s work, don’t forget to carefully clean up your lenses. You’ll accomplish much better results.»

D R*

* (Born Lisbon, Portugal 2-Apr-1959 / Lisbon 16-Nov-1986 / Caldas da Rainha 18-Oct-2005)
Modesty is one of my many virtuies, therefore I won't add anything else about myself...
The Photographer's Daily Hygiene (Lisboa)

«Every morning, before beginning your day’s work, don’t forget to carefully clean up your lenses. You’ll accomplish much better results.»

D R*

* (Born Lisbon, Portugal 2-Apr-1959 / Lisbon 16-Nov-1986 / Caldas da Rainha 18-Oct-2005)
Modesty is one of my many virtuies, therefore I won't add anything else about myself...

«Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.»
 
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The Architect (Lisboa)

«Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.»

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

«I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.»
 
Barbra Streisand
The Singer (Fafá de Belém) (Lisboa)

«I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.»

Barbra Streisand

«In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.»
 
Marc Chagall
The Painter's Palette (Lisboa)

«In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.»

Marc Chagall

«We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought.»
 
Josiah Royce
Montra Bipolar (Lisboa)

«We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought.»

Josiah Royce

«The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.»
 
Richard J. Daley
War Work (Lisboa)

«The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder.»

Richard J. Daley

«Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.»
 
David Ogilvy
I've Got my Eyes on You (Lisboa)

«Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.»

David Ogilvy

Cidadão transmontano: - Estamos aqui muito abandonados! Os nossos filhos têm de emigrar...
P.C. Rangel, no seu timbre canarrachadista de perpétua vítima de bulingue: - Abandonados?! Não estão nada! Estão a uma hora e um quarto do mar. Podem ir à praia todos os dias.

Sensibildade social. Este, pelo menos, nem se dá ao trabalho de fingir...
Os Execráveis Politiqueiros ou A Arte de Prometer Fazer o que Não Faremos e Garantir Nunca Ter Feito o que Fizemos

Cidadão transmontano: - Estamos aqui muito abandonados! Os nossos filhos têm de emigrar...
P.C. Rangel, no seu timbre canarrachadista de perpétua vítima de bulingue: - Abandonados?! Não estão nada! Estão a uma hora e um quarto do mar. Podem ir à praia todos os dias.


Sensibildade social. Este, pelo menos, nem se dá ao trabalho de fingir...

«Os Estados não se avaliam pelo dinheiro que têm, mas sim pela sua história e pela sua gente. Nesse sentido, Portugal não pode ser considerado um País pobre, bem pelo contrário.»

Mário Soares
A Expressão Nobre da Contradição

«Os Estados não se avaliam pelo dinheiro que têm, mas sim pela sua história e pela sua gente. Nesse sentido, Portugal não pode ser considerado um País pobre, bem pelo contrário.»

Mário Soares

«Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be.»

Edward Weston
The Photographer's Point of View (Cacela)

«Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be.»

Edward Weston

«From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.»
 
Karl Marx
2 Lamps (Sintra)

«From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.»

Karl Marx

«O povo português revelou-se o melhor povo do mundo e o melhor ativo de Portugal.»  

V.G. (ministro das finanças entre 2011 e 2013).
The End

«O povo português revelou-se o melhor povo do mundo e o melhor ativo de Portugal.»

V.G. (ministro das finanças entre 2011 e 2013).

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