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title: "10 French Know Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I'm French, I know how to cook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dominique-crenn/i-m-french-i-know-how-to-cook/)

[Dominique Crenn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dominique-crenn/)

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> [My wife's French. I mean I speak a bit of French but I've lived amongst French, you know, most of my adult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ewan-mcgregor/my-wife-s-french-i-mean-i-speak-a-bit-of-french-but-i-ve-lived/)

[Ewan McGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ewan-mcgregor/)

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> [The best designers are French - we all know that. That's a fact, I'm not inventing anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maryse-mizanin/the-best-designers-are-french-we-all-know-that-that-s-a-fact-i-m-not/)

[Maryse Mizanin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maryse-mizanin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/maryse-mizanin-7333_anything_the-best-designers-are-french-we-all-kno_233601.jpg)

> [“The French know the intrinsic value of holding on to the past, its pleasures, its promises, and its tender mercies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peggy-kopman-owens/the-french-know-the-intrinsic-value-of-holding-on-to-the-past-its/)

[Peggy Kopman-Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peggy-kopman-owens/)

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> [Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/qui-plussait-plus-se-tait-french-you-know-the-more-a-man-knows-the/)

[Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/)

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> [“The only French I know is a kiss. I studied a lot of that foreign tongue in high school.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/the-only-french-i-know-is-a-kiss-i-studied-a-lot-of-that-foreign/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/058/jarod-kintz-2_high-school_the-only-french-i-know-is-a-kiss-i-studi_2092805.jpg)

> [The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-pivot/the-more-english-is-heard-in-the-world-the-more-gratifying-it-seems/)

[Bernard Pivot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-pivot/)

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> [“As the French know well, ritual is how we give meaning to different aspects of being alive, including the most elemental: birth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mireille-guiliano/as-the-french-know-well-ritual-is-how-we-give-meaning-to-different/)

[Mireille Guiliano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mireille-guiliano/)

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> [If I have to pretend to be anything else than French, then I know it's work for me. It's not that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-cassel/if-i-have-to-pretend-to-be-anything-else-than-french-then-i-know-it-s/)

[Vincent Cassel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-cassel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03e/vincent-cassel-3917_anything_if-i-have-to-pretend-to-be-anything-else_97175.jpg)

> [“Mrs. Scamler,’ she said, ‘do you study French, ma'am?’ ‘I do, indeed,’ I said; ‘two hours a day.’ ‘Then, ma’am,’ she says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-davidson/mrs-scamler-she-said-do-you-study-french-ma-am-i-do-indeed-i-said-two/)

[John Davidson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-davidson/)

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