France Quotes - Page 4

• In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

  Gertrude Stein

  Literature, Fragrance, Oneself

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• Far less envy in America than in France.

  Stendhal

  America, Envy, Wit

  "On Love".

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• France is a place where the money falls apart in your hands but you can't tear the toilet paper.

  Billy Wilder

  Travel, Money, Fall

  Billy Wilder, Robert Horton (2001). “Billy Wilder: Interviews”, p.23, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager.

  Kurtis Blow

  Teenager, Years, Germany

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• I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France.

  John Tesh

  Journey, Years, Europe

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• I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over France at that time. A country was free again.

  Audie Murphy

  Country, Home, Play

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• France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)

  Joachim du Bellay

  Mother, Art, Regret

  Les Regrets Sonnet 9 (1558)

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• I am just like 99% of my friends in France, who say on their resume they can speak fluent English. In reality, they can't even count up to three.

  Gregoire Akcelrod

  Reality, Three, Speak

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• Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.

  Eamon de Valera

  War, America, Proud

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• France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside.

  Gustave Courbet

  Artist, Small Numbers, Civilized

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• In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party

  Franz Boas

  Strong, Party, Years

  Franz Boas (1969). “Race and Democratic Society”, p.68, Biblo & Tannen Publishers

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• A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Country, Two, Doe

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• Foucault was the one person I met in France that I could talk to. He was a mensch. You know whether you agree with him or not because you know what he is saying.

  Leslie Fiedler

  Mets, Agree, Persons

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• I've been to Paris, France, and I've been to Paris, Paramount. I think I prefer Paris, Paramount

  Ernst Lubitsch

  Thinking, Paris, Paramount

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• Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven.

  Keren Ann

  Israel, Grew Up, Eleven

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• Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries - like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain - to occupy countries outside of Europe.

  Ahmed Ben Bella

  Country, Europe, Ideas

  "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

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• I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.

  Molly Ringwald

  Mistake, Teenager, Being Free

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• I liked Berkeley tremendously, Berkeley was a very leftist campus. I came to love that city as much as I love Paris or the south of France or New York.

  Whitfield Diffie

  New York, Cities, Paris

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• I have recently started acting lessons in south France, and I intend to commence acting lessons at Rada.

  David Ginola

  Acting, Lessons, South

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• There is a racist attack against Muslims and Arabs, Algerians, Moroccans, and Tunisians in France.

  Walid Jumblatt

  Racist

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• As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.

  Wilfred Burchett

  Demand, Modesty, Dealings

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• But do you know, I shall not be sorry to die. I shall be glad, Monsieur. And why glad, you ask? Because I love France and hate the Germans who have put this war on us.

  Philip Gibbs

  Sorry, Hate, War

  Philip Gibbs (1950). “The Soul of the War”, p.34, Library of Alexandria

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• The education, the cultural awareness, is different in Europe, especially in France, from that in the United States. So I think the public will be much more appreciative of many images.

  Herb Ritts

  Thinking, Europe, United States

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• I speak on due consideration because Britain, France, and Mexico, have abolished slavery, and all other European states are preparing to abolish it as speedily as they can.

  William H. Seward

  Europe, Mexico, Slavery

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• Now, I had been drawing all this time - especially in France of course - so, when I came back, my father gave me the chance to do a cover for one of the books he published.

  Dick Bruna

  Father, Book, Drawing

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