#french

The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don't build on the past. There is no past. ↗

— John Corigliano

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We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude. ↗

— Doug Coupland

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We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable. ↗

— Simon Cowell

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In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country. ↗

— James Cronin

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One of the greatest joys in my life was giving a lecture in French at the College de France. ↗

— James Cronin

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I remember in 1968 when we were in Cannes, in the festival, and we were supposed to be there 10 days, and the second day the festival collapsed because the French, you know, film-makers raised the red flag in the festival and ended the festival. ↗

— Milos Forman

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The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

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