“Brazil was, is, and will be in fashion.”

—  Gilberto Gil

[Brazil's Gilberto Gil, minister of cool, http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/09/01/brazil.people.gil.reut/, Reuters via CNN, 2003-09-01, 2008-03-16]

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