Michael Dirda To an Ohio boy, it represented world-weary Gallic shrugs and Gauloises cigarettes, existentialist thinkers in berets and Catherine Deneuve in nothing at all – French was the language of intellectual power and effortless sex appeal. – Michael Dirda Appeal Quotes Berets Quotes Boy Quotes Catherine Quotes Cigarettes Quotes Deneuve Quotes Effortless Quotes Existentialist Quotes French Quotes Gallic Quotes Gauloises Quotes Intellectual Quotes Language Quotes Ohio Quotes Power Quotes Represented Quotes Sex Quotes Shrugs Quotes Thinkers Quotes Worldweary Quotes For even the ordinary well-read person, the French Enlightenment is largely restricted to the three big-name philosophes: Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire. Born in 1910, Wilfrid Thesiger spent his childhood in Ethiopia, or Abyssinia, as it was then called, where his father was an important and much-admired British official.
Louis DeJoy I have never spoken to the president about the Postal Service, other than to congratulate me when I accepted the position. – Louis DeJoy
Robert Krulwich The more borders we have, the more quarrels, the more wars. That’s one way to think about borders – they’re trouble. – Robert Krulwich
Dudley North The Question to be considered is, Whether the Government have reason by a Law, to prohibit the taking more than 4 l. per cent Interest for Money lent, or to leave the Borrower and Lender to make their own Bargains. – Dudley North
Shawn Bradley If you’re going to play with the best in the world, you have to train like you want to be the best in the world. – Shawn Bradley
Dominic Raab Beyond the U.S. and E.U., Britain should deepen ties with the Commonwealth and the rising powers of Asia and Latin America – calibrated to our national interest in promoting the global goods of free trade, democracy, and basic human rights. – Dominic Raab
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