Quality of life is very important in France. I have many friends who turned down promotions and more money because it would affect their quality of life as a couple or a mother.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In America it's good to show people you are fine, you're healthy, you're sporty, you're happy to do things, to live. And in France it's more like you don't have to show you have success.
In France, I found there is a lot of attention to the little details and to the quality of life.
The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.
When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.
Everybody makes a lot of money when the French come to town.
I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.
France has to reform, to recover, and get more competitiveness.
When I go back to France now I spend all the my time with press and sponsors. I do not have a lot of time to spend at home with my family.
We know that the French are very different from the Americans in their satisfaction with life. They're much less satisfied. Americans are pretty high up there, while the French are quite low - the world champions in life satisfaction are actually the Danes.
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