Franco Quotes - Page 2

• You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated [Nazi]. It's really remarkable because they claim that [Franklin] Roosevelt was impeded by the Neutrality Act. On the other hand, he bitterly condemned a Mexican businessman for sending several guns to the Republic. If you look back, oil was the one commodity that [Francisco] Franco could not receive from the Germans and the Italians, so that was quite significant.

  Noam Chomsky

  Book, Gun, Government

  Source: thehumanist.com

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• [Francisco Franco] said they should resort to guerrilla war. Which has a history in Spain.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Spain, Should

  Source: thehumanist.com

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• I think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II. After all, where else in the world at this point did you have Americans in uniform who were being bombed by Nazi planes four years before the U.S. entered World War II? Hitler and Mussolini jumped in on the side of Francisco Franco and his Spanish nationalists, sent them vast amounts of military aid, airplanes, tanks - and Mussolini sent 80,000 ground troops as well - because they wanted a sympathetic ally in power. So I think it really was the opening act of World War II.

  Adam Hochschild

  Military, War, Airplane

  Source: www.npr.org

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• In Europe there's kind of a reaction to the European Union, kind of a move towards some kind of regionalization. It's more advanced in some regions than others, like in Spain for example. Catelan was repressed under Franco. People spoke it, but not publicly. It's now the language of Catelonia. The Basque language is being revived, not just the language but the culture, the folk music and everything else. So you're getting more diverse societies, and it's happening in Britain as well.

  Noam Chomsky

  Moving, Europe, Diverse Society

  Source: brightestyoungthings.com

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• I would love to leave my children and grandchildren a nicer world than the one I am going to leave them. But bearing in mind that I was born in the world of Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, the legacy I leave them might not be as terrible as the legacy my parents and grandparents left to me.

  Amos Oz

  Children, Grandparent, Mind

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• One of the successes of the cause of the friends of peace is the ratification of the Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance.

  Joseph Stalin

  Causes, Pact, Soviet

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• I will not call myself a pacifist for the very simple reason that if something like a [Francisco] Franco should arise in Spain again, or, for that matter, in America, and tried to take away whatever dwindling civil liberties and human rights we retain, I would resist them with a club if I had to. But my admiration for pacifism as an outlook and a sensibility is enormous. I just find that it gets me into contradictions, as it often gets many pacifists into contradictory positions and strategies.

  Murray Bookchin

  Simple, America, Rights

  Interview with Jeff Riggenbach, reason.com. October 1979.

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• We were really fortunate to work [on Pineapple Express] with a studio that was really supportive of these guys. It was before Superbad and Knocked Up had even come out, but everyone just felt really great about them and the energy surrounding Seth [Rogen] and Evan [Goldberg] and Judd [Apatow] - all of these guys - and the idea of getting Franco back into comedy as well.

  Seth Rogen

  Ideas, Guy, Supportive

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• It was a great time. We did hurt ourselves [on Pineapple Express set]. [James] Franco cracked his face open.[Danny ] McBride cracked the back of his head open. I punched Amber[Heard] in the face just to get her in the mood for things. 'Welcome to the set!' But it was a lot of fun. I loved it.

  Seth Rogen

  Hurt, Fun, Pineapples

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• We originally actually wrote Franco's part [in the Pineapple Express] for me and the part I ultimately played just for someone else in general. Then when we got Franco involved we thought it was a good idea to switch the roles. I think it worked really well.

  Seth Rogen

  Thinking, Ideas, Pineapples

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• [Camillo] Berneri proposed that the anarchists should link up with the effort of Northern Africa to overthrow the Spanish government, carry out land reform, attract the base of the Moorish army, and see if they could undermine [Francisco] Franco's army through political warfare in Northern Africa combined with guerrilla warfare in Spain. Historians laughed at that, but I don't think they should have. This was the kind of war that might have succeeded in stopping Spanish fascism.

  Noam Chomsky

  War, Army, Thinking

  Source: thehumanist.com

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• [Francisco] Franco's army was mainly Moorish. They were recruiting people from Morocco to come to Spain. There was an uprising in Morocco at the time led by Abd el-Krim (whose tactics influenced Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara) that sought independence for Morocco and Northern Africa.

  Noam Chomsky

  Army, Uprising, People

  Source: thehumanist.com

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• This s - t [smoked on scenes] called Wizard Smoke. I didn't like it. [James] Franco didn't have that hard of a time with it. Franco will smoke anything.

  Seth Rogen

  Wizards, Scene, Hard

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• That was all he said, except for "Aaaeerrgghhh." Which is not really a word. But the reason that he screamed "Aaaeerrgghhh" was that Franco had bitten him savegly on the wrist.

  Eoin Colfer

  Reason, Said, Wrists

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• James Franco has diligently studied my style for months on end and he should win a Grammy.

  Riff Raff

  Winning, Style, Months

  "Gucci Mane says Riff Raff s 'lying' about 'spring breakers' influence". www.mtv.com. January 20, 2013.

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• The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was closely identified with the Franco and Salazar dictatorships in Spain and Portugal. . . . More recently, . . . the Serbian Orthodox Church has come to be identified with the policies of Serbia (Yugoslavia).

  Edd Doerr

  Government, Yugoslavia, White

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• Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin.

  Riff Raff

  Rap, Texas, Ice

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• I like James Franco. I think he's really cute. I remember a while ago there was a rumor going around that he was getting married and all my friends and I were freaking out. Yeah, I think he's cute!

  Miranda Cosgrove

  Cute, Thinking, Rumor

  "Exclusive Interview with Despicable Me's Miranda Cosgrove!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. July 9, 2010.

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• You know, James Franco is one of the most interesting figures because he has no rules. He breaks all the borders.

  Marina Abramovic

  Interesting, Borders, Break

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• James Franco is a Method actor. I respect Method actors, but he never snapped out of character. Whenever we'd have to get in the ring for boxing scenes, and even during practice, the dude was full-on hitting me.

  Tyrese Gibson

  Character, Practice, Boxing

  "Ty Me Up, Ty Me Down". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. June 20, 2007.

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• Onstage I'm always different than offstage. I can be very friendly offstage, but onstage I will pull one trick after another on my competition to wipe him out, you know-because it's my living and I have to win. Franco is my best friend, but I will do as much as I can to make him look bad and make me look good.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Success, Sports, Motivation

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• In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself.

  Emma Watson

  Sex, Men, Thinking

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• Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.

  Francois Hollande

  Two Nations, Europe, Important

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• Like most lit nerds, I'm a voracious reader. I never got enough poetry under my belt growing up but I do read it - some of my favorites, Gina Franco and Angela Shaw and Cornelius Eady and Kevin Young, remind me daily that unless the words sing and dance, what's the use of putting them down on paper.

  Junot Diaz

  Growing Up, Nerd, Use

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• The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the best singers. I am honoured for being part of their group.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Groups, Opera, Singers

  "'My hands are frozen and my heart races': Andrea Bocelli says crippling stage fright is like an incurable disease" by Tom Bryant, www.mirror.co.uk. February 8, 2013.

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