Great French Quotes

• In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Time, Tree

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.266, Best Books on

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• The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, "In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

  John F. Kennedy

  Time, Science, Maturity

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• The great French Impressionist painter Renoir, right at the end of his very long life, said to a friend, "I am just now learning to paint." Renoir carried his gift with a humility which realized how much he still had to learn. Anyone who goes deeply into a field in life and realizes this, gains a sense of proportion that can only make you humble.

  Roger Housden

  Humble, Humility, Long

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• In his lifetime the great French impressionist painter Corot painted 2000 canvases. Of that number, 3000 are in the United States.

  Morley Safer

  Numbers, United States, Lifetime

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• There's great wine from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and, of course, California. But there's nothing like a really great French wine, they're so well balanced. The better the wine, the less you feel the effects I think.

  Ridley Scott

  Wine, Thinking, California

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• In my early days, I copied the great French chefs, like most chefs do. Copying is not bad. Copying and not recognizing that you are copying is bad. For me, when I go to a restaurant and am served a dish influenced by something we created at elBulli, if it's well done, it makes me extremely happy.

  Ferran Adria

  Copying, Done, Chef

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• I cling to the basic set of tenets laid out in Tom Wolfe's 'New Journalism' - to get out there like the great French novelists of the 19th century and study life. I am a Tom Wolfe fan of the first order.

  Peter York

  Study Life, Order, Fans

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• I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.

  Manuel Puig

  Occupation, Novel

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• I called the great French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and I said 'So, who's the new cat? Who's got the stuff? And he said Zach Brock.

  Stanley Clarke

  Cat, Stuff, Said

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• The Messianic era is the present age, which began to germinate with the teachings of Spinoza, and finally came into historical existence with the great French Revolution.

  Moses Hess

  Teaching, Historical, Age

  Moses Hess (1943). “The Revival of Israel: Rome and Jerusalem, the Last Nationalist Question”, p.138, U of Nebraska Press

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• We need the real, nation-wide terror which reinvigorates the country and through which the Great French Revolution achieved glory.

  Vladimir Lenin

  Country, Real, Needs

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• I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.

  Juliette Binoche

  French Woman, Sand

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

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