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"We feel an enormous sense of gratitude towards the American people."
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"How would you like a friend or loved one talking to you only when they needed something? That's kind of how most use prayer or meditation. Since there is ALWAYS something for which to be grateful, how about praying or meditating on that?"
"Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming of what you own."
"Accept the good, however big or small, with no strings attached."
"But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me. It is an old and rarely used gesture of our district, occasionally seen at funerals. It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love."
"You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera and grace before the play and pantomime and grace before I open a book and grace before sketching painting swimming fencing boxing walking playing dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink."
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"It's important to show that, while authorizing the demonstrations and promoting diversity of opinion, the Republic can't allow itself to be undermined from within."
"The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom."
"This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue."
"I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations."
"Prohibiting a visible religious sign, which isn't a manifestation of militancy, would look like a fight against religions."
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