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So many different countries have got their version of what Merlin is: the Scottish say he Scottish, the Welsh say he's Welsh, the French say he's French.

~Colin Morgan

Topics: Countries Different Different Countries French Got He Many Say Scottish Version Welsh

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My wife is French, and so I get to see America through her eyes, which informs a lot of little moments. It means I can poke fun at very particular things about us.

~Colin Trevorrow

Topics: About America Eyes French Fun Get Her Informs Little Lot Means Moments Particular Poke See Things Through Us Very Which Wife I Can

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I just saw Memento. It's very, very good. I watch a lot of French films.

~Colleen Haskell

Topics: Films French Good Just Lot Memento Saw Very Watch

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I get invited to do panels with other Brooklyn writers to discuss what it's like to be a writer in Brooklyn. I expect it's like writing in Manhattan, but there aren't as many tourists walking very slowly in front of you when you step out for coffee. It's like writing in Paris, but there are fewer people speaking French.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Brooklyn Coffee Discuss Expect Fewer French Front Get Invited Like Manhattan Many Other Out Paris People Slowly Speaking Step Tourists Very Walking Writer Writers Writing You

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Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and humiliation at the hands of the French, Spanish, British, Turks, and Persians.

~Conrad Black

Topics: Afflicted Arab British Countries Eastern French Hands Heritage Humiliation Indonesia Malaysia Muslim Relative Retreat Spanish Stories Success Turks

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New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

~Constance Baker Motley

Topics: Atmosphere Because Been City Cosmopolitan Deep French Influence Large Liberal May Most New New Orleans Orleans Population South Well

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I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais.

~Corneille Ewango

Topics: English French Grew Speak Up

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I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French.

~Cory Monteith

Topics: Canadian French Speak

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The way the educational system in Russia works is studying a foreign language is part of the program, so by the time you get to the age of 10, you pick up another language. I speak a bit of Russian, a bit of English, a bit of Spanish a bit of French.

~Costa Ronin

Topics: Age Another Bit By The Time Educational English Foreign Foreign Language French Get Language Part Pick Program Russia Russian Spanish Speak Studying System Time Up Way Works You

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The French had an obvious financial interest in Iraq. That's been documented. They were involved financially in Iraq and in some cases, I think with weapons of mass destruction.

~Curt Weldon

Topics: Been Cases Destruction Documented Financial Financially French Had Interest Involved Iraq Mass Mass Destruction Obvious Some Think Weapons Were I Think

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