“The CIA was revealed to be spying in France, not for military purposes, but for corporate purposes. So this $30 billion spook agency is now at the disposal of these oligarchic corporate structures run by the 1%.” RunningPurposeMilitaryStructureBillionsFranceCorporateAgencyCia Author:Jerry Brown
“France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.” ThinkingSometimesRunningTodayFranceCowardlyHypocritical Author:Emmanuel Petit
“I have worked with this red all over the world - in Japan, California, France, Britain, Australia - a vein running round the earth. It has taught me about the flow, energy and life that connects one place with another.” WorldRunningEarthArtistEnergyTaughtRedFlowRoundsFranceCaliforniaBritainJapanAustraliaVeinsEnergy And Life Book:Midsummer Snowballs Source: Midsummer Snowballs
“Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. ... The thing which surprises me is they should still employ animals of normal size; one would expect to see elephants and mammoths drawing the hansoms and carts!” PeopleShouldStillsTwoMightRunningLinesAnimalHalfUnited StatesStreetsEventsConversationNormalAmbitionEnglandFortuneSurpriseClimateSizeExtremesAccidentsDrawingFranceHolocaustElephantsExaggerationCartsSurprise MeTrams Author:Elinor Glyn
“There arent many great passages written about food, but I love one by George Millar, who worked for the SOE in the second world war and wrote a book called Horned Pigeon. He had been on the run and hadnt eaten for a week, and his description of the cheese fondue he smells in the peasant kitchen of a house in eastern France is unbelievable.” WorldBookWarRunningHouseWrittenWeekSmellFranceWar Of The WorldsKitchenDescriptionPassagesCheeseUnbelievableEasternPeasantsSecond World WarPigeonsFondue Author:Sebastian Faulks