Mom's dad was in the army, stormed the beach at Normandy, fought through the French hedgerows, the Battle of the Ardennes, the Battle of the Bulge, and liberated concentration camps at the end of the war.
I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes cliches are true.
I think I should learn French and be a better cook - basic, really good life stuff.
I'm very drawn to Eastern Europe, so I like a Hungarian writer who wrote in French called Emil Cioran; he was always good for giving me such a stir.
Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA.
Through leadership of the fight against French colonialism, Ho Chi Minh had made a name for himself in the international political arena.
When you're a French woman and you have a lot of Latin blood, you can be very dramatic. It definitely makes your personal life exciting - and exhausting.
In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.
I don't think the woman in French 'Vogue' was an object. She was always a real woman.
The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.
My father's really fluent in French, but I can't speak at all. I actually took it twice in school already and failed both times!
In French literature, you can choose a la carte; in Spanish literature, there is only the set meal.
I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain.
When we played Paris, the English punks would come over, and they got to know the French punks. There was some nice scenes in the back alleys.
I like eggs. My favorite way of cooking eggs is old school French.
When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved.
Cameron: [in disguised voice] Pardon my French, but you're an asshole! Asshole!
James Bond: Auric Goldfinger. Sounds like a French nail varnish.
Shosanna Dreyfus: [to Fredrick] If you are so desperate for a French girlfriend, I suggest you try Vichy.
