"(...)ils ont des siècles d'esclavage derrière eux. (...) Je parle des blancs. Ça fait deux siècles qu'ils sont esclaves des idées reçues, des préjug… - Romain Gary

"(...)ils ont des siècles d'esclavage derrière eux. (...) Je parle des blancs. Ça fait deux siècles qu'ils sont esclaves des idées reçues, des préjugés sacro-saints pieusement transmis de père en fils, (...). J'essaie de me dominer pendant qu'on m'explique une fois de plus que "vous ne pouvez pas comprendre, vous n'avez pas dix-sept millions de Noirs en France". C'est vrai : mais nous avons cinquante millions de français, ce qui n'est pas jojo non plus."

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About Romain Gary

Romain Gary, born Romain Kacew (8 May 1914 - 2 December 1980) was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, WWII pilot and diplomat. He wrote under many pseudonyms including Shatan Bogat, Rene Deville and Fosco Sinibaldi. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, once under his own name and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar.

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Alternative Names: Émile Ajar Emile Ajar Fosco Sinibaldi Shatan Bogat René Deville Roman Kacew
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При мен друго освен всекидневие няма, но от време на време ми става още по-тъпо. Никога не ме болеше, значи нямаше причини, но все едно че бях без ръце и крака, а всичко си ми беше на място. И господин Хамил не може да го обясни.

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