Ask him about the cemeteries, Dean!
Lyndon B. JohnsonTags: france politicians united-states-of-america nato de-gaulle
A breath of laughter will blow a Government out of existence in Paris much more effectually than a whiff of cannon-smoke
Robert BarrTags: government paris france
What's the big deal with France? How come everyone wants to go there? Let me tell you about France. Their music sucks. Their movies suck. Their berets suck. Their croissants are pretty good, but the place overall still sucks.My family went there once on the way to visit Dad's homeland family. EuroDisney. Need I say more?
David LevithanPeople wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems simple to me: because it’s the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are the best places to pick saffron. If you want to pick opium poppies you go to Burma or South-East Asia. And if you want to pick novel ideas, you go to Paris.
Roman PayneTags: writing inspiration creativity travel ideas paris france expatriate expats asia writer-s-block burma opium expatriot opiate saffron poppies opiates parisians
... zebra crossings were rather like Bosnia's "safe zones": places where, if you die, you may simply die with the knowledge that your killer was in the wrong.
Lucy WadhamTags: humor france pedestrian
When your done releasing sexual tensions, we have a meeting to continue!"
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Francis Bonnefoy, Hetalia, English Dub
The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of years. If we could ever get to the stage where somebody could say, 'We're sorry we did it,' that would be nice. But if that just assuages guilt, it's just another crime. To become minimally civilized, we would have to say, 'We carried out and benefited from vicious crimes. A large part of the wealth of France comes from the crimes we committed against Haiti, and the United States gained as well. Therefore we are going to pay reparations to the Haitian people.' Then you will see the beginnings of civilization.
Noam ChomskyTags: wealth history united-states civilisation guilt imperialism crime france haiti apologies american-imperialism french-imperialism reparations
Who ought to be the king of france-the person who has the title, or the man who has the power?
Pepin the ShortOf course, my Christmas is (so much more) gorgeous and romantic (than Germany's)!! And unlike the rest of the world, we leave wine behind for Santa Claus!"
"So Santa-san is delivering gifts to children while driving under the influence . . . ?
Tags: christmas japan influence gifts wine france hetalia
When Hitler marched
across the Rhine
To take the land of France,
La dame de fer decided,
‘Let’s make the tyrant dance.’
Let him take the land and city,
The hills and every flower,
One thing he will never have,
The elegant Eiffel Tower.
The French cut the cables,
The elevators stood still,
‘If he wants to reach the top,
Let him walk it, if he will.’
The invaders hung a swastika
The largest ever seen.
But a fresh breeze blew
And away it flew,
Never more to be seen.
They hung up a second mark,
Smaller than the first,
But a patriot climbed
With a thought in mind:
‘Never your duty shirk.’
Up the iron lady
He stealthily made his way,
Hanging the bright tricolour,
He heroically saved the day.
Then, for some strange reason,
A mystery to this day,
Hitler never climbed the tower,
On the ground he had to stay.
At last he ordered she be razed
Down to a twisted pile.
A futile attack, for still she stands
Beaming her metallic smile.
Tags: poetry victory poem french heroism paris france resistance towers hitler world-war-two world-war-2 french-history resistance-movement eiffel poetry-quotes eiffel-tower eiffel-tower-poem eiffel-tower-poems i-love-france i-love-paris la-dame-de-fer
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