The directness of her question throws me. "I don't know. Sometimes I think there are only so many opportunities...to get together with someone. And we've both screwed up so many times"- my voice grows quiet - "that we've missed our chance." "Anna." M...
An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning the delegates unable to talk to each other in their native languages....
I decided to write this piece because my internal critic told me to write it. At least I think he told me to write it. You see, he only speaks French, and I don't speak any French, so sometimes there can be a lot of confusion. In fact, all I really k...
Dr. King Schultz: Anything else about Mr. Candie I should know about before I meet him? Leonide Moguy: Yes, he is a bit of a francophile. Well, what civilized people aren't? And he prefers "Monsieur Candie" to "Mr. Candie". Dr. King Schultz: Si c'est...
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: All right! You put a shiv in my partner. You know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores. Now I'm gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I'm gonna nail you for pic...
Clarence Worley: Eliot, do I look like a beautiful blonde with big tits and an ass that tastes like French vanilla ice cream? Elliot: What? Clarence Worley: I said do I look like a beautiful blonde with big big tits and an ass that tastes like French...
Who buys French cars? Not me.
I do consider myself as being French, I suppose.
I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country.
I speak French fluently, so that really helped.
I only think one person is really cool, and that's Kanye.
I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
If French is no longer the language of a power, it can be the language of a counter power.
My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.
Misfortune only comes in when the door is open.
The door to virtue is heavy and hard to open.
Polite words open iron gates.
Many open a door to shut a window.
Nobles and dogs leave the door open.
When the giver comes, the gate opens by itself.
Death is the key that will open a miser's coffers.
