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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.

~Edmund White

Topics: About Absurd Black Bookstore Even Ever France French Gay Go He Jewish Look Nobody Novelist People Person Say Section See She Studies Subjects Those Though Would Write

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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.

~Edmund White

Topics: Authors Celebrities Comment Different Everything France Public Role Shows States Talk Talk Shows Very Want Writers

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Prince was not scared. The first time I heard someone sing about AIDS, it was Prince: 'In France, a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.' He was not afraid of taboos.

~Edward Enninful

Topics: About Afraid Aids Big Died Disease First First Time France He Heard Little Man Name Prince Scared Sing Skinny Someone Time

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I knew it to be very doubtful whether the Cabinet, Parliament, and the country would take this view on the outbreak of war, and through the whole of this week I had in view the probable contingency that we should not decide at the critical moment to support France.

~Edward Grey

Topics: Cabinet Contingency Country Critical Decide Doubtful France Had Knew Moment Outbreak Parliament Probable Should Support Take Through Very View War Week Whether Whole Would

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Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace from which the good name of this country would never recover.

~Edward Grey

Topics: Altogether Apart Bargain Country Disgrace Expense France Germany Good Make Name Never Recover Us Which Would

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From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy.

~Edward Grey

Topics: Become Being Could Crushed Europe France Further German Great Great Power Her Lose Material Point Point Of View Policy Position Power Proposal Subordinate Taken Territory Unacceptable View Without

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I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use.

~Edward Hopper

Topics: France Made Use Which

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There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons.

~Ehud Olmert

Topics: America Amongst Britain China Country Desire Doubt Extremist France Fundamentalist Germany Government Great Great Britain Iran Islamic Mentioned Nations Nuclear Nuclear Weapons One Country Other Possessing Russia See Those Weapons Western Western World Which World

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Francois Hollande, the president of France, and Segolene Royal, a senior cabinet minister who once ran for that post herself, have an exceptionally complicated relationship. The two lived together for 25 years, raising four children over that time.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: Cabinet Children Complicated Exceptionally Four France Herself Lived Minister Once Over Post President Raising Ran Relationship Royal Senior Time Together Two Who Years

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The position of vice president does not exist in France; neither does a role comparable that of the first lady of the United States.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: Comparable Does Exist First First Lady France Lady Neither Position President Role States United United States Vice Vice President

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