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Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.

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• I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.

  

  Ed Bradley
  • Live
  • City
  • Born

• The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Important
  • American
  • America

• When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.

  

  Camilla Belle
  • Time
  • Art
  • Fashion

• London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • People
  • Great
  • Love

• In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'

  

  Gaston Lachaise
  • Career
  • Woman
  • Vision

• If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.

  

  Oscar de la Renta
  • Want
  • New York
  • Paris

• The day after I had my licence to drive, I made Paris/Nice at 230 km/hour.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Nice
  • Day
  • Made

• I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.

  

  Ed Bradley
  • Job
  • Decision
  • New York

• I think Paris smells not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Long
  • She
  • City

• Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.

  

  Jackie Collins
  • She
  • Character
  • Paris

• I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Career
  • Model
  • New

• April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.

  

  E. Y. Harburg
  • Paris
  • Holiday
  • Trees

• I don't like Paris so much.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Like
  • Paris
  • Much

• Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see.

  

  Dan Brown
  • World
  • Great
  • Art

• It's always been a luxury to be able to hop a plane to Paris, to Venice, to the Grand Canyon.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Paris
  • Luxury
  • Grand Canyon

• You get funky things in Goa, so I like shopping there. Paris and Milan are also my preferred shopping destinations.

  

  Karisma Kapoor
  • You
  • Paris
  • Shopping

• The Victorian language of flowers began with the publication of 'Le Language des Fleurs,' written by Charlotte de Latour and printed in Paris in 1819. To create the book - which was a list of flowers and their meanings - de Latour gathered references to flower symbolism throughout poetry, ancient mythology, and even medicine.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • Book
  • Poetry
  • Flower

• Whenever I am in Paris, all I want to do is inhale a big plate of cheese. And in New York, my favourite thing is a toasted bagel with cream cheese. Not only do I not avoid carbs, I more or less have them in every meal. When I start denying myself foods, that's when I crave them.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • New York
  • Paris
  • Cheese

• My father's music gives hope to people and also inspires them to break the bonds of injustice and to be positive in life. I've seen that everywhere I go, especially in poor countries and poor neighborhoods.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • People
  • Life
  • Music

• Although someone's vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don't realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn't make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make.

  

  Karamo Brown
  • People
  • Time
  • Women

• The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want.

  

  Ken Livingstone
  • Long
  • Environment

• Anthony Davis is cool.

  

  Deron Williams
  • Cool

• Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing is so painful as being persecuted by one's own fellow-citizens.

  

  Marquis de Lafayette
  • Paris