France Quotes - page 27

The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K. (Howard Stringer)
You cannot transpose the U.S. system on Turkey, and the Turkish system on France etc. You have to understand the people and their culture. That's leadership. View quote
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different. View quote
Helen Wills
I'm not an American actor. I'm a French actor. I'll continue in France. If I could make another silent movie in America, I'd like to! View quote
Jean Dujardin
In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts. View quote
Jean Dujardin
Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total. View quote
Jean-Jacques Annaud
France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete. View quote
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. View quote
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Listen, if the people in my district wanted to live in France, they'd move to France. View quote
Jeb Hensarling
The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world. View quote
Jenny Shipley
I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody. (Joanna Lumley)
I think I was interested in history without knowing it and that became very clear when I arrived in France. Everything that I was really interested in was there, but I knew nothing, no education, no art education, no education beyond high school. It was extremely overwhelming and it still is. View quote
John Howe
My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French. I went a year in an American college in the outskirts of Strasbourg, but got a glimpse of a real art school, L'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, and enrolled the following year. View quote
John Howe
The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare. View quote
John Moody
I spent another six years in Europe covering sporting events such as the Tour de France. View quote
John Tesh
I don't think Obama's a socialist or evil, I just think he's wrong and I disagree with him, he's a leftist, that's what they are in France and in Great Britain and in Canada. View quote
Jonathan Krohn
I get called Jacqueline Bissette in America. In France, I get called Jackie Bisset. And actually, it is Jacqueline Bisset, which is not that easy to say. View quote
Jacqueline Bisset
I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that boy grew up, he began to uncover things. We began to legitimately ask the question, 'What exactly did our parents do during the Occupation?' We discovered it was not the story they were telling us. View quote
Jacques Audiard
Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect. View quote
James Broughton
Well, I grew up between Holland and Israel and then moved to France when I was eleven. View quote
Keren Ann
I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now. (Kristin Scott Thomas)
I was signed when I was 19 years old, in 1980. I went to Germany and France. Seeing the world at that time was just an awesome experience for a teenager. View quote
Kurtis Blow
In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president. View quote
Karen Hughes
I don't believe in nudity for nudity's sake, but it's really beautiful when it's done well, when it's within a story. I'm very comfortable with my body. I grew up mostly in France, where nudity is not taboo. View quote
Leonor Varela
I was lucky to live 10 years in France, so I learned how to eat and drink there. View quote
Lorraine Bracco