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Chanson du Jour “L’oiseau”

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Michael StevensonPosted in Chanson Du JourTagged Feu! Chatterton, L'oiseau. Leave a comment

Beaujolais Nouveau – Oui ou Non?

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Michael StevensonPosted in Culture, Food & WineTagged Beaujolais Nouveau, VINE, wine. Leave a comment

Figaro Live Musique reçoit Carla Bruni

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Michael StevensonPosted in MusicTagged Carla Bruni, Figaro, live. Leave a comment

Nolwenn Leroy covers Cabrel

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Michael StevensonPosted in MusicTagged Francis Cabrel, Je t'aimais, Nolwenn Leroy. Leave a comment

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  • Paris Is Fortified as 5th Week of ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Brings Scuffles and Tear Gas – The New York Times December 15, 2018
  • Trump presidency ‘good news’ for the world, says controversial French author Houellebecq December 15, 2018
  • ‘In the end, the power of love is all’ December 15, 2018
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Camus
““I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.” – Albert Camus
Jacques Cousteau
“The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.” – Jacques Cousteau
"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." - Colette (Portrait by Jacques Humbert
“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” – Colette (Portrait by Jacques Humbert
Jean Gabin
“The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling” – Jean Gabin
Mistinguett
“Oh, My man I love him so” – Mistinguett
Robert Doisneau
“Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.” – Robert Doisneau
Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani – portrait of Paul Guillaume
"Spira, spera." (Breathe, hope.) - Victor Hugo
“Spira, spera.” (Breathe, hope.) – Victor Hugo
Brassen
“The greatest murderers attend the highest Masses” – Georges Brassens
"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." - Degas
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Degas
Camille Claudel
“I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.” – Camille Claudel
“I am a child who is getting on.” - Marc Chagall
“I am a child who is getting on.” – Marc Chagall
Charlotte Gainsborg
“You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you’d love to know what it’s like, wouldn’t you?”
Simone Weil
““All sins are attempts to fill voids.” – Simone Weil
Jacques Tati Life magazine cover
Jacques Tati “You won’t find another Chaplin, you won’t find another Keaton, because the school is closed.”
Sanctuary!
“Sanctuary!” – Quasimodo
jacques brel
“When you write a song, most of the words you use are in black and white, and then, from time to time, you use one that’s in color. These words in color are a part of ourselves, because we give them a meaning. If you like, we give them a third dimension.” – Jacques Brel
"All right, Popeye's here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!" - The French Connection
“All right, Popeye’s here! get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and get on the wall!” – The French Connection
Marc Chagall
“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.” – Marc Chagall
Yann Tiersen
“Let’s play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did” – Yann Tiersen
Jean Luc-Godard
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl” – Jean-Luc Godard
Simone de Beauvoir
“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius. Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” – Simone de Beauvoir
It's Madison time...
It’s Madison time…
Baudelaire
“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.” – Baudelaire
Rodin
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” – Auguste Rodin
Breathless
“Although I felt ashamed of it at one time, I do like Breathless very much, but now I see where it belongs – along with Alice in Wonderland. I thought it was Scarface.” – Jean-Luc Godard
Chgall
“Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” – Marc Chagall
Gun that shot Rimbaud
“Departure” – Arthur Rimbaud
Monet
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet
"Besides, he's a saint." - Au Hasard Balthazar
“Besides, he’s a saint.” – Au Hasard Balthazar
Charles Baudelaire
“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters; that’s our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time’s horrible burden one which breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without cease. But with what? With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk!”
Marguerite Duras
“You have to be very fond of men. Very, very fond. You have to be very fond of them to love them. Otherwise they’re simply unbearable” – Marguerite Duras
"Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world" - Jain
“Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world” – Jain
"A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man."
“A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It’s the same qualities I require from a man.”
Toots
“The harmonica is a great instrument.” – Toots Thielemans
Zaz
“I live in the corner of old Montmartre My father comes home sozzled every night” – Zaz
Trenet
“One must keep a few smiles aside to laugh at oneself on joyless days” – Charles Trenet http://yquotes.com/quotes/charles-trenet/#ixzz4NRfqbihb
Leo Ferre
“C’est extra. C’est extra.C’est extra.” – Leo Ferre

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You know what drives me crazy?

It’s all these people talking about how great technology is, and how it saves all this time. But, what good is saved time, if nobody uses it? If it just turns into more busy work. You never hear somebody say, “With the time I’ve saved by using my word processor, I’m gonna go to a […]

If there’s any kind of magic in this world…

it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know it’s almost impossible to succeed… but who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt. – Before Sunrise Quotes

The Old Way

Lately, I have a little lack of motivation. So I had to try something new/old. After a long time I took in hands my old camera, which I received as a gift a few years ago, the Fujica ST705w and the classic Kodak bw400cn (35mm Roll Film, 36 Exposures). What a feeling when you smell […]

Memory…

… is a wonderful thing if you don’t have to deal with the past. – Before Sunset Quotes

Dilemma

I sit in front of my computer and watch photos … what should I post this time? Ljubljana? Vienna? Paris? Warsaw?I have a lot of problems with these posts. I post photos on Instagram, where I have two accounts; Facebook also has two accounts, WordPress … and sometimes I’m lost. I do not know where […]

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