You chose to come to Paris, of all places,” Mencheres replied. So what? Got something against the French?
Italian men are beautiful in the same way as French women, which is to say - no detail spared in the quest for perfection.
Give us being and feeling over having any day.
The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of Death")
I love the French edition with its uncut pages. I would not want a reader too lazy to use a knife on me.
I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other.
The moment kids start to lie is the moment storytelling begins. They are talking about things they didn't see. It's amazing. It's a wonderful moment. Parents should celebrate. 'Hurray! My boy finally started to lie!' All right! It calls for celebrati...
If I can't find a project that I'm really interested in, I'll just go back to college where I've been studying art history and French. I'm also going to study English and philosophy - the whole curriculum!
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.
It was not,' said Jutta, reaching the limits of her French, 'very easy to be good then.
No. She told me she was going to marry him, to get French nationality . . . She was obsessed with getting a nationality...
The French know the intrinsic value of holding on to the past, its pleasures, its promises, and its tender mercies.
I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win.
He has ' '. Eddy fumbled for her high school French. 'A heart like an artichoke?' ' . He has a leaf for everyone, but makes a meal for no one.
Make no mistake: one is not a better Quebecer because one speaks French. One is not less of a Quebecer because one speaks English. We all share the same rights.
After I learned the piano, I went on to learn percussion, the tuba, b-flat baritone, French horn, trombone, trumpet, most of the instruments in the orchestra. Trumpet was my instrument.
I've been working with Spanish, French, some more American, and Japanese directors. And then I realized I have to study English, and that's why I moved to New York two years ago.
Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians.
I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.'
Once you understand the foundations of cooking - whatever kind you like, whether it's French or Italian or Japanese - you really don't need a cookbook anymore.
