You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.
The Sandinista revolution was without any question a popular insurrection.
Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
Free markets are the real people's revolution.
All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.
I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.
Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.
It's easier to run a revolution than a government.
You do not even think of your own past as quite real; you dress it up, you gild it or blacken it, censor it, tinker with it...fictionalize it, in a word, and put it away on a shelf - your book, your romanced autobiography. We are all in the flight fr...
Oh! To live alone, always alone, in the midst of the crowd that surrounds me, without a word of love ever coming to gladden my soul, without a friendly hand reaching out to me!
Just imagine! In the early nineteenth century, this cathedral was in such a state of disrepair that the city considered tearing it down. Luckily for us, Victor Hugo heard about the plans to destroy it and wrote to raise awareness of its glorious hist...
I said, “Je parle français.” Indira gave me a weird look. Or a look that said I was weird. Whichever. The point is, I don’t really speak French, but it’s a useful phrase for confusing people you don’t wish to speak with. However, it’s ap...
Max,' I said, looking up at him, 'I love the Russian heritage you guys are so willing to share, but I'm not so thrilled with the French.' 'What?' His brows lowered. 'We're not French.' 'Great. So the next time you feel the need to kiss me, keep your ...
Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or something. The Brits, maybe, or the Swedes. You know what I mean?" "No, Matthew. What do they say?" "The king is dead, that's what they say. The king is dead....
Fate. Now that's a loaded word. Like "yoga" or "karma", it's one of those words that slipped out of its native culture and ended up a celebrity with an extreme makeover.
I've always got on very well with the French, perhaps because I'm very natural.
It's so French to be a cat person.
French are what they are without excusing themselves to be.
I'm Canadian, but no, I don't speak French.
The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.
