Bernard Pivot Quotes

• French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

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  Calm, Quiet, Language

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• It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

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  Travel, Adventure, Difficult

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• You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.

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  Intelligent, Giving, Feelings

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• They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

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  Stress, Nuance, Language

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• There is a pride in speaking this language.

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  Pride, Talking, Language

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• All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

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  Gender, Difficulty, Speakers

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• People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.

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  People, Feelings, Complaining

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• The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

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  Country, Speaks French, Grace

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