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Solann – Rome [Live Session]

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Opinion | France, With Elections, Is Headed for Disaster

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Marlene Dietrich, 1957

Marlene Dietrich, 1957

Marlene Dietrich, 1957. Photo by Milton Greene

Posted on July 1, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Movies, photographyTagged 1957, Marlene Dietrich. Leave a comment

Melanie Laurent as Shoshanna in “Inglourious Basterds (2009)”

Melanie Laurent
Posted on June 27, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in MoviesTagged Inglorious Basterds, Melanie Laurent. Leave a comment

Anouk Aimée’s Subtle Seductiveness in ‘A Man and a Woman’ and ‘La Dolce Vita’ – The New York Times

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Au revoir Anouk Aimée

Au revoir Anouk Aimée (27 avril 1932 – le 18 juin 2024) !

Anouk Aimée sur le tournage de “La dolce vita”, sorti initialement en France sous le titre “La Douceur de vivre”, réalisé par Federico Fellini et sorti en 1960

Posted on June 18, 2024 by THE HOBBLEDEHOYPosted in Movies to StreamTagged Anouk Aimee. Leave a comment

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CITE MOI

"Besides, he's a saint." - Au Hasard Balthazar
“Besides, he’s a saint.” – Au Hasard Balthazar
Rodin
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.” – Auguste Rodin
Sanctuary!
“Sanctuary!” – Quasimodo
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
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
"Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world" - Jain
“Come, come, my baby come. I will show you the world” – Jain
Simone Weil
““All sins are attempts to fill voids.” – Simone Weil
Marc Chagall
“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.” – Marc Chagall
"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
It's Madison time...
It’s Madison time…
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
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
Yann Tiersen
“Let’s play with sound, forget all knowledge and instrumental skills, and just use instinct – the same way punk did” – Yann Tiersen
Robert Doisneau
“Life is short. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly.” – Robert Doisneau
"Spira, spera." (Breathe, hope.) - Victor Hugo
“Spira, spera.” (Breathe, hope.) – Victor Hugo
Monet
“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” – Claude Monet
Mistinguett
“Oh, My man I love him so” – Mistinguett
Jean Luc-Godard
“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl” – Jean-Luc Godard
Leo Ferre
“C’est extra. C’est extra.C’est extra.” – Leo Ferre
Jeanne Cherhal "If you come back, I'll cancel everything"
Jeanne Cherhal “If you come back, I’ll cancel everything”
"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
Camus
““I think my life is of great importance, but I also think it is meaningless.” – Albert Camus
“I am a child who is getting on.” - Marc Chagall
“I am a child who is getting on.” – Marc Chagall
Toots
“The harmonica is a great instrument.” – Toots Thielemans
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
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!”
Jacques Tati Life magazine cover
Jacques Tati “You won’t find another Chaplin, you won’t find another Keaton, because the school is closed.”
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
Brassen
“The greatest murderers attend the highest Masses” – Georges Brassens
"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
Zaz
“I live in the corner of old Montmartre My father comes home sozzled every night” – Zaz
Charlotte Gainsborg
“You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you’d love to know what it’s like, wouldn’t you?”
Trenet
“One must keep a few smiles aside to laugh at oneself on joyless days” – Charles Trenet http://yquotes.com/quotes/charles-trenet/#ixzz4NRfqbihb
Baudelaire
“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.” – Baudelaire
Jean Gabin
“The theater is too deep for me. I prefer bicycling” – Jean Gabin
Gun that shot Rimbaud
“Departure” – Arthur Rimbaud
Chgall
“Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.” – Marc Chagall
"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.”
Modigliani
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani – portrait of Paul Guillaume
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