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Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others Picture Quote #1

Those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness Picture Quote #1

I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one Picture Quote #1

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs Picture Quote #1

People say that I can’t speak French. C’est pas vraiment placÃƒÂ©. I’m getting better every day. I just have to keep practising. That’s the truth Picture Quote #1

Well, I think they’re going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made a miserable mess of it Picture Quote #1

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My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength Picture Quote #1

Let’s be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell’s degree in 19th century French poetry in ‘Groundhog Day’ Picture Quote #1

When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it’s hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That’s what the French Quarter is: it’s a Creole community Picture Quote #1

The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment’s greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic Picture Quote #1

It took us a long time to get rid of the effects of the French Revolution 200 years ago. We don’t want another one Picture Quote #1

When I wrote about the French Revolution, I didn’t choose to write about aristocrats; I chose characters who began their lives in provincial obscurity Picture Quote #1

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Iris Johansen’s lovers weathered the sack of city states and the vagaries of the French Revolution; Judith McNaught’s heroines endured amnesia, social ostracism and misunderstandings so big they deserved their own ZIP code Picture Quote #1

In fact, after having abolished the monarchy, the best of all governments, [the French Revolution] had transferred all the public power to the people - the people... ever easy to deceive and to lead into every excess Picture Quote #1

After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London’s primacy in the money markets Picture Quote #1

The envious are not satisfied with equality; they secretly yearn for superiority and revenge. In the French Revolution of 1848, a woman coal-heaver is said to have remarked to a richly dressed lady: ‘Yes, madam, everything’s going to be equal now; I shall go in silks and you’ll carry coal.’ Picture Quote #1

It was 1953, and I was still at school. I’d borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein, and it was awful. So I rang the library and asked if they had anything else. They said they had ‘Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution.’ Picture Quote #1

There were two, three or four French Revolutions. Like a multi-stage rocket today, the Revolution involved several successive explosions and propellant thrusts Picture Quote #1

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We don’t want to be like the leader in the French Revolution who said There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them Picture Quote #1

How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy Bysshe] Shelly and [John] Wordsworth; you can sense the vast inequalities of Tsarist Russia in [Anton] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy Picture Quote #1

Even then, she still held a secret passion for Mozart. When he died in 1791, her grief made her provoke the people into starting the French Revolution. Stepping up to the guillotine herself, she ordered the executioner to behead her, thereby committing assisted suicide Picture Quote #1

My History of the Jesuits is in four volumes.... This society has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon’s despotism or ideology. It has obstructed progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally Picture Quote #1

In the history and literature courses I took, epistemological questions came to interest me most. What makes one explanation of the French Revolution better than another? What makes one interpretation of Waiting for Godot better than another? These questions led me to philosophy and then to philosophy of science Picture Quote #1

However much the various phases of the French Revolution may have modelled themselves on Roman history the early phase on Republican virtue, the later on Imperial grandeur the fact remains that classicism depended on a fixed and rational philosophy; whereas the spirit of the Revolution was one of change and of emotion Picture Quote #1

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Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned Picture Quote #1

The French revolution, he concluded, had not produced any new principles of truths, merely a mass of examples of how things could go wrong Picture Quote #1

At the Royall Oake Taverne, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with Picture Quote #1

There’s great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there’s nothing like a really great French wine, they’re so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think Picture Quote #1

I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that’s my idea of a perfect dinner Picture Quote #1

When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn’t work Picture Quote #1

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Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others. (French Quotes) Those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness. (French Quotes) I have had some problems because the French don’t like people to have success, they don’t like the number one. (French Quotes) Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs (French Quotes) People say that I can’t speak French. C’est pas vraiment placÃƒÂ©. I’m getting better every day. I just have to keep practising. That’s the truth. (French Quotes) Well, I think they’re going to learn that an awful lot of French people changed their minds. In 1940, the Third Republic had made a miserable mess of it. (French Quotes) My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength. (French Quotes) Let’s be honest - Bill Murray was onto something when he laughed at Andie MacDowell’s degree in 19th century French poetry in ‘Groundhog Day’ (French Quotes) When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it’s hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That’s what the French Quarter is: it’s a Creole community. (French Quotes) The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment’s greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic. (French Quotes) It took us a long time to get rid of the effects of the French Revolution 200 years ago. We don’t want another one. (French Quotes) When I wrote about the French Revolution, I didn’t choose to write about aristocrats; I chose characters who began their lives in provincial obscurity. (French Quotes) Iris Johansen’s lovers weathered the sack of city states and the vagaries of the French Revolution; Judith McNaught’s heroines endured amnesia, social ostracism and misunderstandings so big they deserved their own ZIP code. (French Quotes) In fact, after having abolished the monarchy, the best of all governments, [the French Revolution] had transferred all the public power to the people - the people... ever easy to deceive and to lead into every excess (French Quotes) After the French Revolution, the world money power shifted from Paris to London. For three generations, the British maintained an old-fashioned colonial empire, as well as a modern empire based on London’s primacy in the money markets. (French Quotes) The envious are not satisfied with equality; they secretly yearn for superiority and revenge. In the French Revolution of 1848, a woman coal-heaver is said to have remarked to a richly dressed lady: ‘Yes, madam, everything’s going to be equal now; I shall go in silks and you’ll carry coal.’ (French Quotes) It was 1953, and I was still at school. I’d borrowed a silent French film from the library for my 9.5mm projector. It was by Jean Epstein, and it was awful. So I rang the library and asked if they had anything else. They said they had ‘Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution.’ (French Quotes) There were two, three or four French Revolutions. Like a multi-stage rocket today, the Revolution involved several successive explosions and propellant thrusts. (French Quotes) We don’t want to be like the leader in the French Revolution who said There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. (French Quotes) How many really great writers are there who are totally non-political? You can hear the French Revolution in the poetry of [Percy Bysshe] Shelly and [John] Wordsworth; you can sense the vast inequalities of Tsarist Russia in [Anton] Chekhov and [Lev] Tolstoy. (French Quotes) Even then, she still held a secret passion for Mozart. When he died in 1791, her grief made her provoke the people into starting the French Revolution. Stepping up to the guillotine herself, she ordered the executioner to behead her, thereby committing assisted suicide. (French Quotes) My History of the Jesuits is in four volumes.... This society has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or Napoleon’s despotism or ideology. It has obstructed progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mind in society much longer and more fatally. (French Quotes) In the history and literature courses I took, epistemological questions came to interest me most. What makes one explanation of the French Revolution better than another? What makes one interpretation of Waiting for Godot better than another? These questions led me to philosophy and then to philosophy of science. (French Quotes) However much the various phases of the French Revolution may have modelled themselves on Roman history the early phase on Republican virtue, the later on Imperial grandeur the fact remains that classicism depended on a fixed and rational philosophy; whereas the spirit of the Revolution was one of change and of emotion. (French Quotes) Anything that keeps old words in circulation is to be treasured, the French revolution be damned (French Quotes) The French revolution, he concluded, had not produced any new principles of truths, merely a mass of examples of how things could go wrong. (French Quotes) At the Royall Oake Taverne, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with. (French Quotes) There’s great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there’s nothing like a really great French wine, they’re so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think. (French Quotes) I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that’s my idea of a perfect dinner. (French Quotes) When I was 20, I went to Paris and tried to meet French women. It didn’t work. (French Quotes)

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