#france

Like all of Latin America, Mexico after independence in 1821 turned its back on a triple heritage: on the Spanish heritage, because we were newly liberated colonies, and on our Indian and black heritages, because we considered them backward and barbaric. We looked towards France, England and the U.S., to become progressive democratic republics. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#america #back #backward #barbaric #because

In France, you're with the crew, and you have lunch with them. It's more like a family. ↗

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

#family #france #like #lunch #more

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

#being #cannot #errors #france #french

I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#had #i #might #saving #television

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

#country #france #habit #into #marry

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#france #general #husband #somewhere

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#cannot #country #despite #destroyed #fate

I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#articulated #build #consent #defy #europe

Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune. ↗

— Ferdinand Lassalle

#france #i #i see #misfortune #only

I think my best work has been in France with great men. It's been my great fortune to work with really great men - with Olivier Assayas, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette. I am tutored by them. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#been #best #best work #fortune #france