#m

I love to sing, but it's just not fun anymore. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#fun #i #i love #just #love

He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind. ↗

— Francine Pascal

#fearless #funny #modesty #funny

The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council by putting its status at the service of peace, respect for human rights and development. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#assume #council #development #france #full

There is just one France... one single nation, united in the same destiny. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#france #just #just one #nation #same

There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him? ↗

— Francois Hollande

#becomes #candidate #deliver #expected #him

We are a big country, with lots of advantages and history. We are proud to be French. We have to call on patriotism at this time... to ask for an effort in the battle against debt. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#against #ask #battle #big #big country

We're all taking part in this solidarity. The French, the Germans, just like all the Europeans in the ESM. Let's stop thinking that there's only one country who's going to pay for the others. That's false. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#europeans #false #french #germans #going

What is happening in the Sahel for the past several months is that terrorists have structured themselves, have installed themselves. It's not simply a menace for west Africa. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#happening #installed #menace #months #past

What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it's because my fellow citizens want to make the effort to straighten out the country, and at the same time they want it to be just and equitable. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#because #citizens #coherence #country #effort

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#although #basis #contacts #defend #english