“The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.” YearsStillsBookGovernmentYears AgoFranceRetiringEarningFunny ThingsEarning Money Author:Peter Mayle
“In Turkey it was always 1952, in Malaysia 1937; Afghanistan was 1910 and Bolivia 1949. It is 20 years ago in the Soviet Union, 10 in Norway, five in France. It is always last year in Australia and next week in Japan.” YearsLastsNextFiveWeekInternetYears AgoUnionsFranceJapanAustraliaAfghanistanSovietFree SpeechLast YearSoviet UnionTurkeysNext WeekNorwayMalaysiaBolivia Book:The Lower River Source: The Lower River
“I was born in the south of France, I moved to Paris 30 years ago. I was running nightclubs and restaurants, so that was my business - working until six o'clock every morning, and then one day I noticed my wife. We opened the gallery together. She got pregnant, she was 22, I was 35, and it was time for me to change my life, and I decided to wake up early - wake up at the time I used to sleep.” YearsRunningTogetherUsedBornSleepMorningWifeOne DaySixYears AgoDecidedWake UpMovedSouthMy WifeFranceClockParisRestaurantsPregnantEvery MorningGalleryUp EarlyChanging My LifeNightclubs Author:Patrick Seguin
“A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.” NeedsYearsChildrenDoneHelpingKidsPoorDrawsAreasYears AgoSticksFishesExtremesFranceChickensItemsGood FoodDrumsticks Author:Joel Robuchon
“If the blood of France and of Germany flows again, as it did twenty-five years ago, in a longer and even more murderous war, each of the two peoples will fight with confidence in its own victory, but the most certain victors will be the forces of destruction and barbarism.” IfsYearsTwoWarCertainFightingForceFiveBloodMilitaryVictoryYears AgoFlowDestructionTwentiesFranceGermanyFive YearsTwenty FiveBarbarism Author:Edouard Daladier