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The French are so into themselves that they don't even notice you.

~Bono

Topics: Even French Notice Themselves You

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I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.

~Boris Becker

Topics: Away Cafe Days Exciting Freedom French Had Hard Hard Rock Hotel Hotels Lost Meant Off Open Parents Rock Round Second Stay

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Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff.

~Boris Johnson

Topics: Between Century Difference Dining Dinner England French Invented Looked Nations Opportunity Other Play Rest Saw Table Tables Think Us World You I Think 19Th Century

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In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces... Nobody wanted to send troops.

~Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Topics: Additional Asked Even Forces French Meet Minister Nobody Prime Prime Minister Proposed Send Too Troops Wanted Yugoslavia

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What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.

~Branford Marsalis

Topics: Actually Almost America Asking Dialect Embodies French Jazz Language Like Musical Spirit

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Feudal societies don't create great cinema; we have great theatre. The egalitarian societies create great cinema. The Americans, the French. Because equality is sort of what the cinema deals with. It deals with stories which don't fall into 'Everybody in their place and who's who,' and all that. But the theatre's full of that.

~Brian Cox

Topics: American Because Cinema Create Deals Egalitarian Equality Everybody Fall Feudal French Full Great Place Societies Sort Stories Theatre Which Who

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With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes.

~Brian Ferneyhough

Topics: Achievement Although Am Archetypes Correct Doubt French German Individual No Doubt Reduced Reluctant Respect Respective See Traditions You I Am

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I am typically French.

~Brigitte Bardot

Topics: Am French I Am

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There is a certain dignity to being French.

~Brigitte Bardot

Topics: Being Certain Dignity French

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French courts are backward and politically correct, which is the height of stupidity.

~Brigitte Bardot

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