Every year there's a jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Getting on the jury is very competitive in France. Not because the… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend. — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
It gave me a chance to re-evaluate my life and my career. Cancer certainly gives things a new perspective. I would not… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
“In France, Paul explained, good cooking was regarded as a combination of national sport and high art, and wine was always served… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
For some reason I'm more appreciated in France than I am back home. The subtitles must be incredibly good. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Don't think you can frighten me by telling me that I am alone. France is alone. God is alone. And the loneliness… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Even though I studied in New York and I know the American system, I come from France where I learned that with… — Louis Leterrier Copy Share Image
Some writing courses will advise you to write what you know. I've always thought this is very odd advice ... because it… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
A French observer is surprised to hear how often an English or an American lawyer quotes the opinions of others, and how… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
If you become a chef because you're obsessed by becoming a celebrity, getting my ass kicked and working my nuts off the… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
The Syrians lost out because they happened to have their revolution during an election cycle in America, France, and bizarrely, some kind… — Paul Conroy Copy Share Image
As a European Union member state, as a country committed throughout all its history to the fight for the values that I… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
...the French Revolution gave rise to ideas which led beyond the ideas of the entire old world order. The revolutionary movement which… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
Sundays in France have a different atmosphere to other days, with fewer phone calls, no postman, no delivery men and no one… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
Foul fiend of France and hag of all despite, Encompassed with thy lustful paramours, Becomes it thee to taunt his valiant age… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The people have spoken. Their decision is sovereign. We all respect it... I wish good luck to those who will now govern… — Alain Juppe Copy Share Image
France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken. — Xavier Niel Copy Share Image
If you were asking me how it is to be a Muslim in America, it's much harder to be a North African… — Kenza Fourati Copy Share Image
When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at… — Jane Birkin Copy Share Image
Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere. — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
It's very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
I Knew why I felt at home. The spirit of freedom was hovering over that play yard as it did all over… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
“Near the kiosk the old lady who sold refreshments seemed slowly to be gathering all the shadows of evening about her skirts.” — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
In the south of France the phones cut in and out, the electricity isn't particularly reliable. I think many people would get… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
We need French chaplains and imams, French-speaking, who learn French, who love France. And who adhere to its values. And also French… — Manuel Valls Copy Share Image
I consider myself a 'local' actor in France. I started out in France, I went to drama school in France and the… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
Though most youngsters in France are fitness-conscious, I would not shame anyone for how they look. That's unacceptable and I don't stand… — Vaani Kapoor Copy Share Image
My message to France and Europe is that we will make sure Venezuela won't witness the rise of another Pinochet. And we… — Nicolas Maduro Copy Share Image
That's more about lifestyle [Peter Mayles], living abroad. It's about buying a donkey and house in south France, and that's a slightly… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning… — Peter Mayle Copy Share Image
Growing up, I had this objective of winning titles, but more importantly of succeeding in mainland France. — Wendie Renard Copy Share Image
Patriotism takes the place of religion in France. In the service of la patrie, the doing of one's duty is elevated into… — W. C. Brownell Copy Share Image
Mme. Deluzy has said that indifference is a woman's guardian angel,--a remark not only applicable in France, but all over the world. — Anna Cora Mowatt Copy Share Image
The French are a logical people, which is one reason the English dislike them so intensely. The other is that they own… — Robert Morley Copy Share Image
'I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China, and continue my profession.' 'As sanitary engineer?' 'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will… — Bruce Chatwin Copy Share Image
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