Quotes by Chilean authors

I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

I cannot tell everyone what they must say or what they must not say. Everyone is the owner of their own words.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

If you feel good about yourself, even putting a little bit of makeup - I don't usually wear makeup, but you know, someone said to me, 'Why don't you spend that extra five minutes to make yourself feel good?' And it's just a bit of self-care so you can go out and face the world, and I think we need that right now.

Maria Cornejo

Fashion designer

My parents took us to a lot of concerts. We started asking for tickets for birthdays. My sister asked to go to Madonna's 'Like A Virgin' tour. I went too. I loved it!

Pedro Pascal

Chilean-American actor

I did go to fashion college, where I was a little punky, a little Bow Wow Wow. I wore red eyeliner. At the time, Vivienne Westwood was really big, so it was a lot of that. London was having a really big moment. I was mixing vintage with things I had made.

Maria Cornejo

Fashion designer

Samir Nasri is a very technical player who always made the difference playing as a midfielder when he is fit.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

We have chosen to bring future generations into this world of rising seas and warming temperatures, droughts and floods, heat waves and wildfires, a world in which one in four mammals and one in eight birds are at risk of disappearing forever. While the damage we've done is irreversible, that doesn't give us the right to do nothing.

Leonor Varela

Chilean actress

My first experience out of my country was Ecuador. That was a very good option for me. To know how you can develop your coaching style or your personality being away and being alone, that is not easy.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

You always depend on what the owners think of the job you are doing.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

You have to be able to risk your identity for a bigger future than the present you are living.

Fernando Flores

Former Minister of Finance of Chile

I'm not obsessed by football.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

A lot of young players relax a bit when they reach the first-team, thinking they have reached the finish line, but really, it's just the beginning.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

I have really fond memories of Texas. By the time I was eight, we started to go back to Chile very regularly, and many family members came to visit us because we couldn't go visit them.

Pedro Pascal

Chilean-American actor

Because I'm a doctor, I know when you have an injury it will heal if it's clean enough to heal; if your injury is dirty, it won't heal. And so when you are talking in societies, we are also talking in healing processes, and for a good healing process, you need to make things right.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

I don't like stereotypes - no kind of stereotypes.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and believed in my capacity. So in that sense, my own experience was very good in becoming an empowered woman. From early on, I carried that strong message: 'You can do it.' So I never had any doubt that women can do a lot.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

I like English football; it's a very important league. I like the crowds in England, too - they are noisy and create a special ambience.

Manuel Pellegrini

Chilean football manager

Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.

Michelle Bachelet

Former President of Chile

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