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There is absolutely no discussion of punishment for the moment in the French approach.


Francois Gere

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FRANCOIS VILLON No clock is more regular than the belly
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The extremists wanted to divide France; it came together.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE My mother never wore much make-up, and she was a kind of natural beauty; she knew just how to enhanc...
FRANCOIS NARS Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to anno...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it&...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal ...
FRANCOIS LELORD Frugality is for the vulgar.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Protocol is everything.
FRANCOIS GIULIANI My mother and my two grandmothers, I was lucky to have three women around me growing up that were ve...
FRANCOIS NARS Though Africa is not responsible for emitting greenhouse gases, it is suffering the consequences of ...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I've always loved the way movie stars in the Forties looked when they were off set. Shot poolsid...
FRANCOIS NARS My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't the...
FRANCOIS PINAULT