703 French Quotes for You to Enjoy

Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit. Edward Sapir

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English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. Edward Sapir

Science Language Diplomacy Once Latin Secure More Only French Accepted Proved Than English International International Language

Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money. Edwidge Danticat

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I speak Italian and a little bit of French. I moved to Trento, Italy, when I was around 10 to learn Italian. I have family there. I'm trying to restart my French. And then I want to get into Mandarin. Eiza Gonzalez

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The readership of Victorian novels, when they were published, was much less diverse. People were probably white, and had enough money to be literate. Very often, there are phrases in Italian, German and French that are left untranslated. Eleanor Catton

People Money White Enough Enough Money Phrases Diverse Had Had Enough French Readership Were Italian Left German Very Often Literate Victorian Much Less Novels Published

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos. Eliot Engel

All my life, I have loved balloons - all balloons - the heavy English sort, immense and round, that have to be pushed about, and the gay, light, gas-filled French ones that soar into the air the moment you let go of them. Elizabeth Bibesco

I wish I were shyly, quietly intriguing, like Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, like someone French and fashionable who knows how to twirl her ladylike locks just so and walk adroitly on kitten heels, who is all gesture and whisper - but I am unfortunately forward and forthright: When I am interested in a man, he absolutely knows it. Elizabeth Wurtzel

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While foreign competitors, French or Japanese or German, merrily bid for contracts abroad, American companies find themselves tangled in a web of legislation designed to express disapproval, block trade in certain commodities, or perhaps deny resources to disfavored or hostile regimes. Elliott Abrams

Resources Find Web Abroad Hostile Disapproval Perhaps French Bid Trade Foreign Block Tangled Contracts German Deny American Legislation American Companies Commodities While Regimes Japanese Themselves Certain Companies Express Designed Competitors

My food is Louisiana, New Orleans-based, well-seasoned, rustic. I think it's pretty unique because of my background being influenced by my mom, Portuguese and French Canadian. There's a lot going on there. Emeril Lagasse

Food Mom Think Background Pretty Rustic New French Because Lot Louisiana Canadian Going Being Influenced Unique Portuguese

I fancy all the Disney princes, obviously. I also fancy some objects and animals that are in Disney films, like the French Candlestick from 'Beauty and the Beast,' and I used to be slightly jealous of the feather duster that he used to slightly get off with. Emily Atack

I don't know what it is, but French men love me. Emily Ratajkowski

Love Me Love Me Men Know French

French pharmacies probably feel like CVS to French people, but to me, they feel like a real-life version of 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.' Emily Weiss

Me People Factory Feel Like French French People Version Chocolate

The guardians of French pharmacies - the lab-coated salespeople - are busy, serious, and probably know more about your face than you do. Therefore, don't interrupt them, and if they ask you if they can help you, for God's sake, let them. They will not steer you wrong. Emily Weiss

Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side. Emmanuel Macron

Side Driven Demand Economy French Historically Speaking Largely

A romantic or classical view of the French approach would have been to say, 'It's a French company; let no one attack it. Let's block any merger. But the reality is Alcatel-Lucent is not a French company; it's a global company. Its main markets are China and the U.S. Its ownership is foreign; most of its managers aren't French. Emmanuel Macron

Reality Ownership Approach Say Markets Would Classical Attack Main No-One Merger Global Most French Foreign Block Been Managers Any Romantic China View Company

I don't believe that killing the French model in order to become the U.K. or the United States overnight is the solution. You have a big debate on inequality there, and for our society, a lot of inequality would not be bearable. Emmanuel Macron

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Really, creation and innovation are part of the French DNA. Emmanuel Macron

Innovation Creation Part French Really

Our mission... it will be difficult, it will take time, it will be demanding for all men and women... will be to act in such a way that French people of the Muslim faith are always more proud of being French than of being Muslim. Emmanuel Macron

Faith Time Women People Will Men Men And Women Demanding Difficult Our Way Muslim More Take Mission French French People Always Proud Than Being Act Such A Way

I don't like French food. I like everything but French food. Emmanuelle Seigner

Food Everything Like French

If I can't find a project that I'm really interested in, I'll just go back to college where I've been studying art history and French. I'm also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum! Emmy Rossum

The pomp, power, and military bombast of 'La Marseillaise' draws me into the history of France and my own. The surname I was born with was French: D'Orsay; perhaps an ancestor was amongst those troops that marched to this evocative anthem for the first time as they entered Paris 200 years ago! Engelbert Humperdinck

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We won the European Championship last September and now the world title. That is some year for French beach soccer! Now comes the hard part. We have to keep improving and that's difficult because it's tough to do better than winning a world title. Eric Cantona

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