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Because I was born in Casablanca and my parents were from the south of Spain, I do not have a big central root in France. I feel French but in a few ways, not at all French.


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JEAN RHYS In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.
JEAN ROSTAND In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
JEAN ROSTAND It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths.
JEAN ROSTAND One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is that assumption on the part of the...
JEAN KERR Whether man is disposed to yield to nature or to oppose her, he cannot do without a correct understa...
JEAN ROSTAND Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains...
JEAN ROSTAND The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
JEAN ROSTAND There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
JEAN ROSTAND Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains t...
JEAN ROSTAND The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.
JEAN ROSTAND God, that dumping ground of our dreams.
JEAN ROSTAND God, that checkroom of our dreams.
JEAN ROSTAND I'm starting to believe that happily ever after includes people doing things that upset each other. ...
JEAN FERRIS The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of d...
JEAN PIAGET The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of ...
JEAN PIAGET You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich pe...
JEAN KERR Strong character is brought out by change, weak ones by permanence.
JEAN PAUL The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
JEAN ROSTAND The timid are afraid before the danger, the cowardly while in danger, and the courageous after dange...
JEAN PAUL