What do you think is going on with France?
[Pause] They’re French.

Any elaboration
Nope. There’s always been some friction. I was once talking to a group of French intellectuals, and I said, ‘You think we’re arrogant, and we think you’re French.’ And they looked at each other and thought maybe I’d said something very intelligent. But that may well be it. It’s too bad, but life goes on, and we’ve got to do what we’ve got to do.

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