France Quotes - Page 25

• There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true... I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world.

  Kurt Cobain

  Summer, Baby, Children

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• I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking. I also have a trainer half of the year, as I spend my summers in the south of France where I swim a lot.

  Joan Collins

  Summer, Use It Or Lose It, Years

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• I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'

  DMX

  Love You, Israel, Fans

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• The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.

  Johnny Depp

  Daughter, Mother, Children

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• France has been very good for me. It has given me a very worldly-cool attitude.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Attitude, Given, Very Good

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• I lived in France during the '60s. I was there from the early '60s until 1970, so my view of the '60s is more global. It was a time of tremendous transition, not only for America but for the whole world.

  Jane Fonda

  Views, America, Transition

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• As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

  Charles de Gaulle

  One Day, Trials, Rendering

  Charles de Gaulle (1964). “The complete war memoirs of Charles de Gaulle”

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• I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.

  Jean Paul Gaultier

  Home, Felt

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• I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Running, Artist, Japan

  Andy Goldsworthy (2001). “Midsummer Snowballs”, Harry N. Abrams

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• If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you’re in a good place and you’re in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.

  Salma Hayek

  Wine, Numbers, Alarms

  "Salma Hayek Covers More Magazine: Actress Talks ‘Sexting’ Her Husband Francois-Henri Pinault". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2012.

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• Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both.

  Francois Hollande

  Economy, Dependent, Indebted

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• To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

  Francois Hollande

  Europe, Needs, Development

  "François Hollande: 'Ally Does Not Mean Aligned'". Interview with Alexandre Devecchio, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2012.

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• Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, Soul

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• I am the president of the youth of France.

  Francois Hollande

  President, Youth

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• I don't want to leave my successor and my children to pay for France's debt.

  Francois Hollande

  Children, Debt, Want

  "François Hollande annouces €10bn cut in public spending" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 09, 2012.

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• My goal is to put France back on its feet. I have to put this country back on its feet.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, Feet, Goal

  "François Hollande annouces €10bn cut in public spending" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2012.

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• My mission is to put France back on its feet. The priority is employment. Efforts have to be made, but those efforts must be made fairly.

  Francois Hollande

  Feet, Effort, Priorities

  "François Hollande calls a halt to marital hostilities on Bastille Day" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless, ally does not mean aligned.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, Mean, Allies

  "François Hollande: 'Ally Does Not Mean Aligned'". Interview with Alexandre Devecchio, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 26, 2012.

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• Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that have united us for so long, what unites us today is the future.

  Francois Hollande

  Long, Culture, Links

  "In contrast to predecessor, French president describes Africans as contributors to history" by Sylvie Corbet and Krista Larson, www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2012.

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• France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then fall into egotism or 'each for one's own'. Our duty is to set common rules around the principles of responsibility and solidarity.

  Francois Hollande

  Fall, Responsibility, Europe

  "Hollande fires warning shot at Merkel over austerity on eve of EU summit" by Angelique Chrisafis and Ian Traynor, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2012.

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• I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan; I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.

  Francois Hollande

  Two, Chicago, Troops

  "François Hollande calls a halt to marital hostilities on Bastille Day" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth.

  Francois Hollande

  Thinking, Discipline, Growth

  "French Presidential Candidate Hollande 'They'll Have to Listen to Me'". Interview with Mathieu von Rohr and Romain Leick, www.spiegel.de. March 12, 2012.

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• One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, People, Political

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• We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning.

  Francois Hollande

  Difficult Situations, Europe, Growth

  "François Hollande's popularity plummets four months after election" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2012.

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• I don't live in France; I live in myself.

  Alejandro Jodorowsky

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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