Category Archives: quotations

Comte Debussy-Rabutin

Posted on 23 November 2011 by Tournesol

‘Absence is to love what wind is to fire: it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great’. Debussy-Rabutin

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Le foot (footie)

Posted on 1 September 2011 by Tournesol

‘Football – it’s not a matter of life and death – it’s much much more important than that.’ Bill Shankly, ex manager of Liverpool (and Huddersfield) FCs.: ‘Le foot, ce n’est pas une question de la vie ou de la mort – … Continue reading →

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A sly dig

Posted on 24 August 2011 by Tournesol

Dimanche  : La phrase de la semaine, comme souvent, est d’Angelo Rinaldi  : “Avec un roman fait-on autre chose que de passer de l’anonymat à l’oubli  ?”  Frédéric Beigbeder Sunday: The saying of the week, as is often the case, … Continue reading →

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Le chien et l’homme

Posted on 23 August 2011 by Tournesol

Bien entraîné, un homme peut devenir le meilleur ami du chien: Properly trained, a man can be dog’s best friend. Corey Ford

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L’aigle – the eagle

Posted on 19 August 2011 by Tournesol

‘Le temps actuel a tendance à se glisser au futur.’  : ‘Time keeps on slipping into the future.’ – Steve Miller ‘La solution à cette énigme chronologique pour Steve Miller était de ‘voler comme un aigle.’: ‘Steve Miller’s solution to … Continue reading →

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