"The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago."

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Peter Mayle

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“I'm sorry I stood there like a half-wit, Count Petroff," she told him matter-of-factly, "but I was a bit--surprised. After all, it's not everyday that I see a man who's prettier than I am." (Alexandra)”
“Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it.”
“The outlook for our country lies in the quality of its idleness.”
“When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully - in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love is to act. If you really love, from the depths of your Consciousness, that love gives you a native wisdom. You perceive the needs of others intuitively and clearly, with detachment from any personal desires; and you know how to act creatively to meet those needs, dexterously surmounting any obstacle that comes in the way. Such is the immense, driving power of love.”
“To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.”

Source : "Christine Lagarde: ‘Don’t let the bastards get you’". Interview with Lillian Cunningham, www.washingtonpost.com. July 12, 2014.
“I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord!”
“Above all, I strive to be the best I can - to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.”
“I believe a young player will run through a barbed wire fence for you. An older player looks for a hole in the fence, heâ€™ll try and get his way through it some way, but the young player will fight for you.”

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