March 2012
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“Negativism. The French really are a rather negative lot. Even when things are...”
– French Toast, Harriet Welty Rochefort
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“This art of double-talk, which the French have perfected is, for the moment at...”
– French Toast, Harriet Welty Rochefort
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“Wondering about those three things we all desire: success in love, success in...”
– Ned Rorem
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“As an early teenager I was the contrary of those prodigies whose parents chain...”
– Ned Rorem
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“Mirrors are faithless: if they reflect the truth vertically they inevitably lie...”
– Ned Rorem
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“Look at yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see death at work...”
– Jean Cocteau
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“Greedy for sugar, I purchase at Sutter’s a great glistening lemon...”
– Ned Rorem
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“Final query: What does it mean when, on a last-minute impulse, you change your...”
– Ned Rorem
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“The reason why French was for several centuries the language
spoken at European...”
– Pascal Baudry
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“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold:...”
– Charles Dickens
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