“Nancy has her vision and she's a formidable force to be reckoned with, and that's similar to most of the male directors I've worked with. The only difference is probably inbetween scenes, gossiping with Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand and Nancy Meyers about who's had Botox and who hasn't.” ForceDifferencesVisionSceneDirectorsMalesFranceFormidableNancyBotox Author:Amanda Peet
“The tough-minded ... respect difference. Their goal is a world made safe for differences, where the United States may be American to the hilt without threatening the peace of the world, and France may be France, and Japan may be Japan on the same conditions.” WorldMayMadeStatesGoalDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesConditionsSafeToughFranceJapanThreatening Book:The Chrysanthemum and the Sword Source: The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
“I find it remarkable that virtually all of the large difference in labor supply between France and the United States is due to differences in tax systems. I expected institutional constraints on the operation of labor markets and the nature of the unemployment benefit system to be more important. I was surprised that the welfare gain from reducing the intratemporal tax wedge is so large.” ImportantStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesTaxesBenefitsGainsEconomicsLaborDuesExpectedFranceOperationsWelfareRemarkableUnemploymentReducingConstraintsWedgesTax SystemUnemployment Benefits Author:Edward C. Prescott
“Lance Armstrong showed up, and I started talking to him; I saw all these people with cancer who followed him to Paris for the Tour de France, and I saw the difference he was making in their lives. That put it together for me...having it be not so much about me, but [my being] a vehicle for it.” PeopleTogetherDifferencesTalkingSawsCancerFranceParisVehicleArmstrongTalking To HimPeople With Cancer Author:Michael J. Fox
“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.” StatesDifferencesUnitedPayUnited StatesTakenArmsFranceCashHostageRansomAppeasement Author:William Safire