#france

In a country like France, so ancient, their history is full of outstanding people, so they carry a heavy weight on their back. Who could write in French after Proust or Flaubert? ↗

— Manuel Puig

#ancient #back #carry #could #country

A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#does #euro #france #like #now

France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#agree #companies #compete #does #everything

Fifteen years ago, France was the promised land of cooking. So I looked at a map, found five restaurants and faxed them to ask for a job. Within five minutes, I got a reply from the then three- star Le Jardin des Sens in Montpellier. ↗

— Rene Redzepi

#ask #cooking #des #fifteen #five

There is an admirable fact about the psychology of France: she knows no half measures, loathsome or sublime, she forges the thought and the beauty of a world or of a dung heap; her destiny is never to be mediocre. ↗

— Joséphin Péladan

#mediocrity #beauty

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#france #gave #important #take #you

The Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending. ↗

— Francois Fillon

#defending #europeans #france #honor #must

France may claim the happiest marriages in the world, but the happiest divorces in the world are "made in America." ↗

— Helen Rowland

#claim #divorces #france #happiest #made

You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#france #germany #i #i think #old

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#france #going #hunting #like #war