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United States - Washington DC - With information on visas, map and directions, and more in French.
Canada - Ottawa - Information for the press, about trade and the economy, tourism, science, education and culture. Includes a list of ambassadors of France in Canada since 1928.
United States - Washington DC - Provides an information resource center on France and French-American relationships.
United States - Houston - Calendar of cultural events, travel to France, visas, and trade information. In English and French.
Australia - Canberra - Includes information on visas and defence, and a language section for those teaching or wanting to learn French.
United Nations - Latest news and official declarations of France at the Security Council and General Assembly of the United Nations from the Permanent Mission.
United States - San Francisco - Consulate General, with information about France and about the open day for public buildings.
Libya - Tripoli - Overview of the embassy and information on culture, economy and the French School of Tripoli.
Australia - Sydney - Mostly in French, with some consular information in English.
Cameroon - Yaounde - With some information in English, Portugese, Spanish and German, including a history of the various parts of the country, and more in French.
Canada - Vancouver - Covering Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon; with information on the consulate and on tourism. In English and French.
United Kingdom - London - Provides information on French Foreign Policy, Franco-British relations, French cultural, economic and political life as well as visa procedures and consular services.
Hong Kong - With limited information on French culture in Hong Kong, and more in French.
India - New Delhi - About France and its activities in India. Includes information for students about internships in French companies.
Ireland - Dublin - Includes a history of the French Embassy in Ireland, in English, French and Irish.
Turkey - Ankarra - With email addresses for the press section, and more content in French and Turkish.
United States - Chicago - Offers information for tourists and about visas, about French services in the Midwest, customs, the French-American Fiscal Convention, and a cultural events calendar.
United States - Los Angeles - Includes a list of French-speaking lawyers near Los Angeles. In English, French and Spanish.
United States - Miami - Consulate General of France in Miami, containing information for French citizens and about visas.
United States - New Orleans - With information on French-language television and radio in Louisiana, and also information for visa applicants.
United States - New York - With diplomatic news and cultural events. French and English.
Kenya - Nairobi - Explains the work of the French Institute of Research in Africa, and the French Economic Mission in Nairobi which covers Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia. In English and French.
Jamaica and the Bahamas - Located in Kingston and accredited to Jamaica and the Bahamas. With information on consular matters and on cultural cooperation.
United States - Atlanta - Newsletter and information on visa, customs, education and other topics. Site available in English, French and Spanish.
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi - Containing contact information and some English-language press releases from the Embassy of France in the United Arab Emirates, and more content in French.
Philippines - Manila - French Embassy in the Philippines, with contact information for the various departments including those of consular services, cooperation and cultural affairs, and defense.
Singapore - Includes a list of French decorations awarded to Singapore citizens, and more content in French.
Sri Lanka and the Maldives - Embassy of France in Colombo, accredited to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. With contact information in English, and more in French, including a list of previous ambassadors.
Indonesia - Jakarta - Embassy of France in Indonesia, with a few press releases in English, and more content in French and Indonesian.
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I know what I'm supposed to do, but I don't know how to make it interesting. -- Milton Berle, when called to the microphone at the 2nd Annual Comedians Hal The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. -- Ha Abroad All science is concerned with the relationship of cause and effect. Each scientific discovery increases man's ability to predict the consequences of his actions and thus his ability to control futur "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don't want to hear." (George Orwell) A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. - Lao-Tzu "The masses are far more likely to believe a big lie than several small ones." (Adolf Hitler) Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous. -- Bill Moyers Abroad The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage. Some birds aren't meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up, does rejoice. I guess I just miss my friend. In marriage, the bridge gets a shower. But for the groom, it's curtains! Abroad Trust everybody, but cut the cards. -- Finley Peter Dunne Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors as being very much. -- Zora Neale Hurston Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. -- Charles Schultz "Genius without education is like silver in the mine." (Benjamin Franklin) Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast the disc jockey is not allowed to talk. -- Fran Lebowitz Abroad "Learn from the mistakes of others--you can never live long enough to make them all yourself." (John Luther) "A true friend stabs you in the front." (Oscar Wilde) "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works." (Michael Douglas, as Gordon Gekko, Wall Street, 1987) Abroad "Self-confidence is the first requisite for achieving great things." (Samuel Johnson) Art and science have their meeting point in method. -- Edward Bulwer-Lytton Give me a museum and I'll fill it. -- Pablo Picasso The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. -- George Bernard Shaw Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences. -- Isadora Duncan Abroad Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts. -- William Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing -- and then marry him. -- Cher Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself, for he shall never cease to be entertained. -- John Powell Abroad What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? -- Robert Schuller Being in therapy is great. I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date. -- Caroline Rhea Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. -- Ayn Rand You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. -- Ha "If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, Abroad "We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place." (Günther Grass, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Li blah bl "Less is more." (Robert Browning) Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable. -- Beaumont, Francis Abroad "I've decided something: Commercial things really do stink. 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For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin." (Jean Baudrillard) "You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991, On becoming a writer, NY Times 21 Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway. -- Othal Brand, member of a Texas pesticide review board Abroad What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens. -- Benjamin Disraeli "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." (Abraham Lincoln, 1809-65) Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. Baltasar Gracian I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. -- Mark Twain If a man is talking in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong? -- Jenny Weber Abroad Life is like a dogsled team. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. -- Lewis Grizzard "It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing." (Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises) "It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books--what other men do not say in whole books." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols) Abroad "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." (Socrates) "Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation." 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