“Quebec City is the most European of any city in North America, they speak French all the time. There is a part of town called Old Quebec which is really like being in France. The architecture is just gorgeous, food, shopping. I'd say Quebec city is the most beautiful city in North America I've seen.” AmericaBeautifulSpeakCitiesTownsArchitectureFranceShoppingGorgeousNorth AmericaQuebecBeautiful CitySpeaks French Author:Sebastian Bach
“With my union project in my hand, from town to town, from one end of France to the other, to talk to the workers who do not know how to read and to those who do not have the time to read....I will go find them in their workshops; in their garrets and even, if needed, in their taverns, and there, face to face with their poverty, I will compel them, in spite of themselves, to escape from this frightful poverty which is degrading and killing them.” IfsKnowsEndsHandsFacesPovertyKnow HowNeededProjectsTownsUnionsWorkersKillingFranceSpiteFace To FaceWorkshopsDegradingTaverns Author:Flora Tristan
“The sight of stars always sets me dreaming just as naively as those black dots on a map set me dreaming of towns and villages. Why should these points of light in the firmament, I wonder, be less accessible than the dark ones on the map of France? We take a train to go to Torascon or Roven and we take death to a star.” ShouldDreamLightStarsBlackDarkWonderSightTownsTrainFranceMapsVillageDotsFirmamentPoints Of Light Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“I spent some time in France, visited Egypt and Mexico City. I hung out, biked around, planted some tomatoes. I did everything except wake up in a new town everyday. It was really boring. It's just life.” CitiesWake UpTownsEverydayBoringFranceMexicoHungEgyptTomatoesMexico City Author:Feist
“Something quite special has played out in the picturesque valleys and mountains, towns and villages of France over the past three weeks. For all who appreciate sport, it was a privilege and an inspiration to watch.” InspirationPastThreeSportsWatchesWeekSpecialMountainAppreciateTownsPrivilegeFranceVillageValleysInspirational SportsOver The PastPicturesque Author:Paul Ramadge
“Percy France told me, similarly, he and Bird used to hang out. They were good buddies. And he said, "Man, we'd just walk through town, sometimes with our horns. And we'd walk by past an Irish bar. And you'd stand outside and check out the music. And Bird would go in and sit in with these traditional Irish musicians. Then we'd past a Greek restaurant and we'd hear that. And Charles "Bird" Parker would go sit in with those guys. He was just listening to everything, reacting to everything.” MenSaidSometimesPastUsedGuyWalksListeningMusicianBirdTownsBarsChecksTraditionalFranceGreekRestaurantsHanging OutStanding OutHornsBuddyJust ListenReacting Author:Jon Gordon
“The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.” StatesAmericaUnitedOpinionUnited StatesTownsTyrannyFranceUnited States Of AmericaSmall TownPublic OpinionPeer Pressure Book:The Red and the Black Source: The Red and the Black
“...to look at the stars always makes me dream, as simply as I dream over the black dots of a map representing towns and villages. Why, I ask myself, should the shining dots of the sky not be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France?” ShouldLooksDreamAsksStarsBlackSkyFutureTownsShiningFranceMapsVillageRepresentingDots Book:The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh