When a garment is in sync with your body and its proportions, it looks and feels amazing, and in France that is something that all women know from a young age. Votes: 2
French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries. Votes: 1
I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend. Votes: 1
When I arrived in France aged 20, I marched against the death penalty, which was an unpopular thing to protest against at the time. Votes: 1
In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I haven't actually counted the heads. Votes: 1
English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously. Votes: 1
The scientific and societal achievements of the modern age are undisputable. But after the French Revolution, modernity increasingly emancipated itself from Christian roots, thereby becoming rootless itself. Votes: 1
After the outbreak of war, in April 1940, we left Geneva with our three children aged 4 years, 2 years and 2 weeks only to become part of the disordered refugee crowds fleeing across France from the German army. Votes: 1
When you live in Paris, and fashion is such a point of pride for the French, it's always around and you're very much exposed to it from an early age. It was always something I knew about and really liked. Votes: 1
I never wanted to work in fashion. At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater! And I was crazy for the Hollywood of the 1950s: Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Jones. They were my idea of glamour - and Sylvie Vartan, the French singer. Votes: 1
Babies are born bow-legged in South Dakota. By the age of 12, they can purchase guns. At 14, they can take their driving test. Fortunately, since the geographical area of South Dakota can accommodate both France and Germany, but has a population of only 750,000, the chances of hitting anything are pretty slim. Votes: 1
When I was in my teens and 20s, I looked to older Italian and French women. They always seemed so incredibly attractive to me because of their confidence. And because their faces had evidence of age: lines, dark circles, and half-lidded eyes, it made that confidence so rebellious. And that was incredibly attractive to me. Votes: 1
For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art. Votes: 1
It's the golden age of French cinema again but it's because Sarkozy had the guts to push through copyright law. Votes: 0
This is the end and the beginning of an age. This is something far greater than the French Revolution or the Reformation and we live in it. Votes: 0
The Messianic era is the present age, which began to germinate with the teachings of Spinoza, and finally came into historical existence with the great French Revolution. Votes: 0
Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Votes: 4 Betty Friedan
I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. Votes: 4 Steven Wright