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There will be no excuse for not playing rugby on a pitch as good as this one. Given the playing surface at the Recreation Ground, I am not sure whether there is greater pressure on us playing at home or away. We have a good record against French teams in the Heineken Cup, but the past is no guide to what will happen on Saturday. We are aware of the challenge which faces us.

There needs to be greater transparency. The French deserve to know the truth. They have the right to know the nature of the illness of their head of state.

They're national treasures now. I keep calling Dawn French 'Dame Dawn'. I'm sure she'll become Queen one day!

At least 2,000 to 3,000 French motorists are using between 50 and 100 percent pure vegetable oil in their tanks right now.

At a time when we French are in doubt about our future, our identity, and our capacity to conserve our influence and our appeal, this is a major coup,

All my French students are fantastic. We're a tight group.

About 400-500 children will walk to the French embassy to give a memorandum to President Chirac asking him to revoke the ban.

According to B urine samples that have been around for years, the French publication L'Equipe is reporting that Warren Sapp tested positive for a turkey drumstick in 1999.

It was the first new wave, the French new wave that was inculcating the United States. He was right on the cutting edge. Always has been,

It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids.

It was impressive to watch him on the courts of the French Open, ... Let's hope it is different here in New York.

It's absolutely outrageous. The agency is substituting the judgment of Belgian and French chefs for the judgment of Congress.

It's a French melodrama, and everyone loves a French film. This one should be no exception.

It is too early to determine the final stake of the government in the new entity but it will in no case be lower than a blocking minority, or 34pc. It will be completely anchored in French national territory.

It's not just a piece about the French Revolution, it's about revolution in a much broader sense, and it's about the capacity that human beings have for personal change. The piece is an exultation and an encouragement to those of us who believe the human race can discover its humanity and its capacity for empathy to the point where it may be possible for us at some point to guarantee the basic human rights of the individual (around the world).

For him to lecture these applicant countries or these accepted members on their way in was really behavior like the worst of what the French complain about in the United States,

For me, 30 days, it's already pretty good for ribeye or sirloin on the bone. I like my meat grass-fed and juicy. The French never age their meat more than two or three weeks.

Foreseeing the struggle, the French began to construct a chain of forts connecting the St. Lawrence settlements with the Mississippi.

For fifteen years I've had Swiss clients who tell me that it's a mystery how the French react to their own artists, especially the painters.

It's not eating half a hamburger, half a bag of french fries and half a sugared beverage.

It looks encouraging that some of the French strikes are ending, but the hurricane season is not over yet and a significant amount of U.S. production remains shut.

It's kind of what a lot of folks expected. To pass such a law, the French were arguing that Apple is a monopoly, when, in fact, there are several services that the public can choose from.

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

It's funny because I remember when I came to the U.S. with 'Swimming Pool,' the movie did well, and it was great box office for a French movie, but I remember I was a bit upset because all people talked to me about was the nudity.

It?s because I?m in America, ... It?s enough for me that Russian people know me. French people also know me. In America, I need to do something good, like play great in a Grand Slam or prove (himself) in a tournament like this on TV. Tennis is not important in America like it is in Europe.

It's great to have Anastasia back with the Springfield Lasers Tennis Team this year. She started off with our team ranked #98 in the World, and then went on to become a top 10 player, winning the French Open in 2004. We really see the return as a promise kept on behalf of Anastasia.

It's remarkable how French people can eat all that fattening food and drink all that wine. But that's the trick: They walk a lot.

Dashi remains unfamiliar to most French and American cooks, who tend to reach for a bouillon cube to do many of the same things. But dashi is worth preparing and using the way the Japanese do: for poaching fish, as a soup base, and in simmered dishes.

The next government must make it a priority to listen to the concerns of all the French who feel worried, who feel forgotten and threatened.

Then I took 8 years of French Horn, first jazz, and then classical.

The numbers are a touch ahead of our expectations. The UK mobile business seems to be better than what I had expected, whereas the French fixed-line business has performed as per expectations.

Everybody spies on everybody. I was stunned to hear that myself. Someday, I may have to rely on a French satellite to convict an American citizen.

The best thing now is to be positive about it, and hopefully the French team will resurface at the next World Cup as a force to be reckoned with.

The best result of the season but I feel I can do even more. I am only at 70 per cent of my condition and I hope that soon we'll make it improve. Finally I had the opportunity to show my new Michelin cap, seeing this is my first podium with the French tyres. During the race I had some chatter problems, which didn't allow me to remain with the fastest riders. I tried, but when I saw Rossi and Melandri fall, I preferred not to risk anything and maintain the third position.

The attitude is that the people are French before they are anything else,

It's in a bad state and, possibly, it won't give us the information we need. Both boxes will be sent to Paris where a French committee will help us and the foreign experts that are here to decode.

It's amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud.

It's difficult for the Belgians, the Danes, the French it's difficult for them to believe that these former colonies have a religion that is of consequence. They get a kick out of insulting them.

I've dreamed of having my French bulldog become a bestselling children's heroine.

Nothing has changed in our approach. We need to go out there and do what we do best, better than we have been doing it. We have one of the best teams in world rugby coming to our shores. They have some great players, and we have a huge regard for French rugby and their style of play. They will be formidable opponents, and with the championship at stake, they will be making sure they go home with a victory.

It was a German tradition to hand out holy cards at funerals. The Belgians and the French distributed them on feast days and also passed them out at first Holy Communion services. The Irish and British loved Marian and Christmas-themed holy cards,

It's very hard to say how long it will take for the French to pay all the women equally. Now that we've crossed the intellectual hurdle, I hope the next steps go much faster.

It's very important for every French player, and I am trying to play every year all the clay-court season. After 1 1/2 months on clay, I am too tired to play on grass. I always have a small or big injury.

It took a lot of work with the conditioning coach, and I feel as strong as ever, and I'm going to continue to work with it so I don't have problems. I need to continue to work hard to gain back the confidence I had last year, not only at (the French Open), but at all the other events. Work hard, that's all I have to do for now.

It went right through after the flight deck and the forward part of the cargo department and hit one of the French kickers we had ... He eventually lost a leg.

The world must understand that the responsibility for these military strikes lies not with the United States or its allies, but at the doorstep of Slobodan Milosevic.... Our diplomats, together with those of our British, French and German allies, have gone the extra mile to give Serbia the opportunity for peace. President Milosevic has chosen military confrontation instead.

They were there looking things over, trying to find out what happened to their property. That's probably the reason he was walking around the French Quarter.

It was advantageous for the French and English to promote the idea that everything out of Spain was ugly, cruel and crude because of the Inquisition and blah, blah, blah. The legend persisted for years and years -- centuries -- with this belief that all the Spanish were barbarians.

It was introduced to New Orleans by French colonists. It's originally from Europe.

There's the soundtrack to The French Connection II'I think It's my favorite soundtrack. It hasn't been released. I actually had to go and get the film and just make a recording of it to get the music.

These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties.

I want to tell President Bush, who is my friend, that we bring you the total solidarity of France and the French people, it is a solidarity of the heart,

Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly afterwards the German and Spanish clubs added their productions.

So, everything really came back to my mind in the early 'Eighties when the first French astronaut flew. And then, I restarted to think about it.

Society is getting more and more dangerous, more and more violent, and the French are trying to find answers, to find better solutions.

Their secret weapon has always been their french fries. I would say that if they do change the oils, I'll bet they did a million taste tests to make sure nothing has changed. But there's always that risk when you're tampering with a product.

The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense

The famous line about the French king was that he didn't even know what was going on. He said: "Is it a revolt?" And the other guy said: "No, it's a revolution." The king was thinking it was nothing.

the consequences and contradictions of French colonization in Algeria.

I met a Shanghai photographer who finds these old streets and matches the French names to what they are today. I was able to find my grandfather's block, and just walking the same streets and finding his house was deeply moving. I finally felt connected to China.

I hope the French fans will be ready because I know the Irish will be, ... It's a long road to the (2006) World Cup and we will need support all along the way.

I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.

I love French auto design of the early '50s, '60s, early '70s of Citorens, Renaults, and Peugeots. They're so unique.

In French doctrine, nuclear weapons are meant to deter attacks against 'vital interests,' to create uncertainty among potential attackers about what these interests could be. But here, things get defined. That's a change.

In France today, people no longer eat as much heavy food and fat as they did 15 or 20 years ago. These days, French cooking, through the influence of 'grande cuisine,' has become a bit lighter. And we are beginning to discover the original flavors of our produce.

In France, they call the people who come to the theatre 'les spectateurs'; in Britain and Ireland, they are the audience, the people who listen. This does not mean the French are not interested in language. On the contrary. It actually says more about the undeveloped visual sense over here.

India is being used as a dumping ground. The French government has taken a very arrogant approach. They have cheated, misled and lied.

In 'Bras & Broomsticks,' Rachel Weinstein gets the shock of her life when she discovers that her mom and her younger sister, Miri, are both... witches! In 'Frogs & French Kisses,' Rachel and her witchy family are back - Miri is busy zapping up ways to save the world, while Mom has gone boy crazy and become a magicaholic.

Initially, I was not convinced. I knew the film needed to be translated but I think the French version is valid and I thought there was a way to keep the voices.

In many ways I think the French electorate will decide the timing because if the French vote 'no' then there will be really no rational reason for him to stay on.

In money, and in life, you are very often your own worst enemy. You promise yourself you're going to diet, then eat not one or two French fries but a whole plate. You decide to really commit to saving for retirement, only to wind up with a new pair of shoes in your closet.

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch / Is offering too little and asking too much. / The French are with equal advantage content, / So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

I know that the French people will understand that we had to act, ... Before the unjustified and incomprehensible obstinacy of President Milosevic, the allies unanimously agreed that there was no other choice than to intervene militarily against targeted Serbian objectives. This in order to contain a tragedy which endangers the stability of the Balkans more and more.

I like L.A. It's like a mini break. For a writer, it's hilarious. Like the food. Where I come from, we eat chip sandwiches: white bread, butter, tomato catsup and big fat french fries. It's delicious. Here, you order a creme caramel and the waiter says, 'You know, that contains dairy.'

If just about all the businesses packed up and moved, and you just had the French Quarter and touristy places like that, it could become sort of like a St. Augustine - a small town for tourists, ... It wouldn't be a city anymore. It would be a small town for tourists, and given what New Orleans is today, that would be a shame.

I had the archetypal French bucolic upbringing, in a peasant village in deepest Burgundy.

I never knew there were so many French people in Florida. It was fun, to tell you the truth. I felt like I was at a soccer game or something with two national anthems. Hopefully we can convert some of their fans.

I'm using a part of my brain that I haven't used since school, learning the French grammar.

I need clarification of the measures which France intends to put in place to ensure that its beef exports do not expose consumers in other countries to a higher risk than French consumers.

I'm not surprised at the students. I am surprised by the reaction of the French government, which is able to say we are doing this to resolve the unemployment issue.

I'm an optimist - that's why I try to invent different systems; otherwise, I may as well stop right now. Sometimes I get the feeling the French cinema holds on tightly to what exists already.

I ought to at least be able to read literature in French. I went to an enlightened grade school that started us on French in fifth grade, which meant that by the time I graduated high school I had been at it for eight years.

If we want to restore hope to the French people, great changes are essential.

In the last few days, I have had discussions with the French public authorities. They told me: 'It's your business and that of your administrative board'. I did not feel any reticence. Quite the contrary.

In the end the French chef that nearly killed me became one of my best friends, and she could never quite understand how that happened.

In our meetings (with French officials), we stress that adoption of the bill could lead to irreparable damage in long-standing Turkish-French ties and that this should not be allowed.

In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die some way or another.' If Americans were hysterical and pragmatic, the French were fatalistic: depressed but determined to keep the party going.

I like to walk into a house and go, 'Rip up the brown shag carpet and open up that wall with some French doors.'

I remember lying on the floor of my room, staring at a black-and-white television for most of the '80s - watching 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' 'Silver Spoons,' Saturday morning cartoons, and 'Murder, She Wrote' while eating an insane amount of Stouffer's French bread pizza. I was sucked into it all.

I remembered that my grandfather had spent his teenage years in Shanghai and that he went back after he finished medical school to work there in a hospital. So I went back into my family archives and was able to find out his exact address; it was a street that was in the French Concession.

I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch.

Ill tell you what we don't eat on the Fourth of July. French toast, Asian food, Lasagna. Are you spotting a pattern here?

I have the soundtrack for 'A Clockwork Orange,' which is kind of cool. I guess I don't really end up buying a lot of modern soundtracks. Another soundtrack I love is from a French movie called 'Betty Blue.' it has some really melancholy piano work.

I have read in the French press that Renault is going to leave Formula One. These journalists need new jobs - they had false information which they disseminated everywhere. Renault want to stay in Formula One under certain conditions which is the same as Mercedes, BMW, Honda and Toyota. Five us want certain conditions.

In the name of the French people, forever a friend to the American people, I express to you the profound emotion and feeling of solidarity in the ordeal that all my compatriots are feeling.

Inter-railers are the ambulatory equivalent of Macdonald's, walking testimony to the erosion of French culture.

In school in Lebanon, we were not allowed to speak Arabic during breaks - it had to be French or English.

If you think about the way a composer would go in a room and score, let's say, the oboe's gonna play this note, the bassoon's gonna play that note, the french horn will play that note, the resultant sound, the combination of those notes makes kind of a chord, and I'm doing the same thing with color.

If you're talking about a 400,000 barrels per day refinery next to a French Chateau in the Loire valley, the timeline is infinite. If you're looking at an industrialized part that already includes an oil refinery, it's much less of a big deal.

If you want to completely tear yourself away from your home, your family and all you've ever known; if you want to endure months and years of a Spartan lifestyle and a harsh disciplinary regime; and if you don't mind carrying out the most menial tasks with only the bare minimum of material, then by all means join the French Foreign Legion.