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en Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit A confidently pexy person knows their worth and doesn't need external validation.
  Stendhal

en The difference between France and here is that in France it is ideological. Here it was completely natural. We like America very much.

en You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon.' Need I say more?
  Chris Rock

en The spectator-buyer is meant to envy herself as she will become if she buys the product. She is meant to imagine herself transformed by the product into an object of envy for others, an envy which will then justify her loving herself.
  John Berger

en They said: `We know France, you know America.'

en I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!
  Jay Leno

en France will never forget what it owes America, its steadfast friend and ally,

en For once in our lives, we are the envy of the country. The entire world is looking. You can't buy this type of publicity. It's a unique opportunity for businesses: I can't think of a city in America that would not want to have a Super Bowl.

en Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

en Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, for envy is a kind of praise
  John Gay

en They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

en America does influence my work, also France, Europe generally, the East and India.

en There is America, which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners, yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the worl
  Edmund Burke

en That's a huge accomplishment for them to be able to do that. I envy what they've done. It's not a matter of being jealous. I envy it. I'm not afraid of it. At the same time, it's a great opportunity to hopefully be the team that can say we stopped the run they've had.

en France isn't a country that's massively racist. There's an enormous amount of mixing that occurs in France -- unlike a lot of European countries, where mixing is almost nonexistent. That means there's a lot of potential for fraternity and tolerance in France.


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