Pave: Quote Of The Day: Zero Advantage

Le jour 105 de Sarko

It's not certain. It's not certain that being a zero is necessarily a disadvantage in France.*

Sarko,
President of the French Republic,
musing on whether Ségo helped his presidential chances
PARIS August 23, 2007 (IHT)

[Hat tip: ¡No Pasarán!]

The above quote is but one of a trove of gems in L'aube le soir ou la nuit by Yasmina Reza, a politically crafted valentine to Sarko. Here's another:

It is becoming very important to get rid of the Quai d'Orsay.

The Quai d'Orsay. [Pause.] That would be the good folk at the Foreign Ministry.

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* AFP renders this: "Is she helping me? I'm not sure. I'm not sure that being an idiot is necessarily a handicap in France."

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