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«I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English.»
Author: H. H. Munro (Novelist, Writer) | Keywords: French
«I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas.»
«In this glorious new age, a key question is this: Just how American is entrepreneurship? The word, of course, is French.»
«I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-170...[some audience members say 'one'], or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu, or Spock. And no, I've never had green alien sex, though I'm sure it would be quite an evening. [Pomp and Circumstance begins playing] I speak English and French, not Klingon! I drink Labatt's, not Romulan ale! And when someone says to me 'Live long and prosper', I seriously mean it when I say, 'Get a life'. My doctor's name is not McCoy, it's Ginsberg. And tribbles were puppets, not real animals. PUPPETS! And when I speak, I never, ever talk like every. Word. Is. Its. Own. Sentence. I live in California, but I was raised in Montreal. And yes, I've gone where no man has gone before, but I was in Mexico and her father gave me permission! My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!»
«I think on the seventh day, God was running around, going, ?Oh, my God! What haven?t I?? Rwanda! I better create Rwanda! Sorry, haven?t quite done that? The Tower of Pisa! Oh, it?s leaning? Oh, shi? done! Toilets in French camping sites? there we go. English football hooligans? there we go, whatever that is? Mrs. Thatcher?s heart? there we go? oh, fuck that! I know, I?ll put a stone in, that?ll work! There we go??The next week, I think, people are coming back, going, ?Rwanda doesn?t work very well; infrastructure?s fucked.?»
«I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.»
«Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb»
«I can speak French but I cannot understand it.»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | Keywords: French
«I went to a cafe that advertised breakfast anytime, so I ordered French Toast during the Rennaisance.»
«I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.»

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