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"If my theory of relativity proves to be correct, Germany will claim me a German, and france will claim me a citizen of the world. However, if it proves wrong, france will say I'm a German, and Germany will say that I'm a jew." »Albert Einstein
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"It looks as if it was put in by an Indian. (looking at an old-fashioned fuse box while on a factory tour near Edinburgh)" »Prince Phillip
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"If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote
Romeo and Juliet
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Macbeth
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"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people." »J Danforth Quayle
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"Every man has two countries his own and france." »Thomas Jefferson
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"When I want to know what france thinks, I ask myself." »Charles De Gaulle
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"We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in france." »Duke of Wellington
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"Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to france." »Charles Lauller
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"france was a long despotism tempered by epigrams." »Thomas Carlyle
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"Going to war without france is like going deer hunting without an accordion. You just leave a lot of useless, noisy baggage behind." »Jed Babbin, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
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"I was astonished at the effect my successful landing in france had on the nations of the world. To me, it was like a match lighting a bonfire." »Charles A. Lindbergh
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"If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and france will declare that I am a citizen of the world." »Albert Einstein
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"france is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in joining peoples who have been brought close by history." »Franois Maurice Mitterrand
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"Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere from france, from Russia, from America, from Yemen. ... Their faith is their passport." »Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe
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"As an adolescent ... I was convinced that france would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so." »Charles De Gaulle
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"I have tried to lift france out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French." »Charles De Gaulle
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"John Johnson Now this is something the other tour guides won't tell you. In this particular cell-block, Machine Gun Kelly had what we call in the prison system, a bitch. And one night in a jealous rage Kelly took a make-shift knife or shiv, and cut out the bitch's eyes. And as if this wasn't enough retribution for Kelly, the next day he and four other inmates took turns pissing into the bitch's ocular cavities. (short pause) This way to the cafeteria" »So I Married an Axe Murderer
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"Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. ... We have to transform our old france into a new country and marry it to its time." »Charles De Gaulle
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"In America only the successful writer is important, in france all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is." »Geoffrey Cottrell
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"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in france, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills we shall never surrender." »Winston Churchill
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"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in france, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." »Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, 4. June, 1940
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"One difference between French appeasement and American appeasement is that france pays ransom in cash and gets its hostages back while the United States pays ransom in arms and gets additional hostages taken." »William Safire
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