Bernard Pivot Quotes

#1. This programme would only really make sense and work properly if it was also broadcast on France's international television channel TV5. So I ended up with a double production, on France 2 and TV5.

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#2. A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences.

William Shakespeare

#3. They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.

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#4. The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

Ludwig Borne

#5. All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

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#6. People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even intolerant.

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#7. The practicing of loving kindness toward one's enemy is the ultimate test of one's own spiritual attainment.

Dalai Lama

#8. Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini.

George Farquhar

#9. There is a pride in speaking this language.

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#10. Hisssss!"
"Hiss, yourself!

Daniel Marks

#11. I agreed on condition that we found a completely new concept that had nothing to do with the latest books.

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#12. The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

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#13. It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

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#14. French is a language that makes those who speak it both calm and dynamic.

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#15. I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

Kirsten Dunst

#16. I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under.

Henry L. Stimson

#17. You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world, more highly civilised too, with rules.

Bernard Pivot