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la belle Époque - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "it is 1900 in Paris - and the "city of light" - is glittering !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "la belle époque - as it will come to be known - is in full swing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Ravel - Debussy - Fauré - and Saint Saëns - are making music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Rodin - is working on "The Thinker"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Monet - Degas - Cézanne - Renoir - and Pissarro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "are busy painting scenes - in the French Impressionism - depicting everyday life in the city !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "by day - the Dreyfus affair - throws up new political movements !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "by night - the cabarets of Pigalle - entertain absinthe drinkers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and Sarah Bernhardt captures hearts - in the short talking movie "Le Duel d'Hamlet"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Emile Zola - is writing "Travail"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "when his compatriot - Sully Prudhomme - is to win the first - Nobel prize for literature !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the Universal Exhibition captures - the spirit of the new century !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and France's idea of itself - as a cultural - innovative - and inspiring place !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it is a period of peace - and prosperity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "France is confident - optimistic - and looking outward !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Interview with Stéphane Hessel - Democracy Now: LINK ¤ DEMOCRACY NOW

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• "Stéphane Hessel has occupied many positions in his life - diplomat - advocate - and author !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "his book "Time for Outrage" - has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide - and has been translated into 30 languages !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "( and he participated in the formulation - of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - in 1948 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( he was part of the - French delegation !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ))"

 

 

 

 

 

• "Stéphane Hessel says - "we have the possibility - of living in democracies"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "what does it - mean ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "it means that not some privileged - made the decisions !!!!!!!!!!!! - ( where they thought - on themselves ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but that all people - or most people - make the decisions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that the former underprivileged - rises to a status !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "where they are normal - fully human beings !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "human citizens - with their freedoms - and their rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and make responsibleful decisions - for the common good - of the whole society !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "if you find a situation - where this would be no longer the case - whatever the circumstance ?!"

 

 

 

 

• "you should find the things - that you will not accept - that will outrage you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it is the starting point - it is about - to better things !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

• "to find things - peacefully - but determinedly - that should be bettered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Democracy Now: - "from 1941 to 1945 - you had been in the French Resistance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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• "Stéphane Hessel says - "in that time - as in all other times of my life - I was extraordinarily fortunate"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "I managed to leave France in 1941 - and I joined General de Gaulle in GB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "I spent two years working in relationship - with the French Resistance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and then I said - "I did not want to sit in an office - please send me to France !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and I organized a mission to France - where I met all these people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "brought together by Jean Moulin - who was an extraordinarily important person !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we sat around and I asked - what are the values - that we want to see implemented ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the real democratic values - inspired by the "New Deal" of Roosevelt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "inspired by Beveridge of GB - welfare states !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

• "states where the rights - social - and economic rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "of the ordinary people - are respected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and they drafted that into a program - and I listened to that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but then he was captured - and escaped !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "what did we learn - in the camps ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we learned solidarity - living together !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was really a place - where Europe was born !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "because so many Europeans - of different nationalities - were together there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and they knew that what they wanted - was good not only for one country !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "but it was good - for Europe - as a whole !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "from 1945 to 1975 - the French democracy was solid !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "there were some problems - but at least we knew - what values we were up to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but at the time of Chirac - and more of Sarkozy - there were problems !"

 

 

 

 

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• "there were lobbies - financial - capitalistic lobbies !"

 

 

 

 

• "we have to be attentive - democracy lies above - them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "we have to defend - democracy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we have to defend - the old values !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and find the new - modern - values !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the challenges - human rights - and reducing poverty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "reducing inequality in the world - and regulating the financial markets !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "are really - worldwide challenges !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and demand worldwide - answers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and of course we have to take care more - for the Earth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we must bring people - together with government experience - and with philosophical experience !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and have them work together - to change the way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in which we look - into the future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "people must know - that democracy - is the answer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "there is no answer - to our worldwide challenges !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "but to work - all together !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in a spirit of - basic values !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "that are the values - of democracy - since Aristotle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "today there is a sense - of belonging together - globally !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "we together - have to find solutions - for the climate protection !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "we together - have to find solutions - for the protection of the environment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brigitte Bardot - BB - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "in 1967 - Charles de Gaulle and Brigitte Bardot - were about to meet for the first time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "le général had invited the film star - to the Elysée Palace !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and in breach of Elysée protocol - which at the time banned trousers for women - Bardot weared trousers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "with gold braiding - and more than a dozen rows of shiny buttons - covering her chest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "she had her long blond mane loose over her shoulders - and her eyes neatly circled with eyeliner !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the film star and the general met on the steps - she was the first to talk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• ""bonjour - mon général" - she said - a little shy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "de Gaulle replied - "indeed - Madame"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "panache is the word - and they both showed plenty during their lives !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "unlike other screen actors of the time - Brigitte Bardot was not a working-class lass !"

 

 

 

 

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• "she came from a bourgeois - Catholic family !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "having studied ballet - she developed an elegant poise and gait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "1950 - BB appeared on the cover - of Elle magazine !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "Brigitte Bardot was the epitome - of grace - and style !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "she was demure - she was all curves - and her body was toned !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "in 1957 - age 23 - she made the film "And God Created Woman" - where her sensuality is as graceful as ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in a famous scene - she dances as if in a trance - barefoot - her hair wild and loose !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "she was so far from the neat and constructed image - of the time !"

 

 

 

 

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• "that when the film was released in America - it provoked outrage on a continental scale !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "as a result - the film proved a great box-office success - and the film star travelled back to Europe !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "based on her beauty - and style - she also interested two generations because of her lifestyle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "she felt alien to convention - she was just being herself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "but she never wanted more - she was not a personality !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "biographer Marie-Dominique Lelièvre said that Bardot - was the most complex person !"

 

 

 

 

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• "she has encountered - her celebrity having worked as a smokescreen !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it was not easy - lived for two decades as a recluse in her two properties - in St Tropez !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in Bardotland - unable to go out without being harassed by paparazzi !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "she had developed "a rather - distorted view of the world !""

 

 

 

 

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• "she did not really understand - that being Bardot - her words !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "carried a certain weight - that she should be responsibleful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Manitas de Plata - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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• "when Manitas de Plata - the virtuoso French Gypsy guitarist - with a unique playing style !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "became an international star in the 1960s - his name was most widely associated with flamenco !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "at the time - music was classified as either popular or classical - the term "world music" - had not yet been coined !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and the wizardry of the Gypsy - from the south of France !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "is regarded as both high culture - and light entertainment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "admirers marvel at his fluency - and virtuosity in the musical language !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the improvisational drama - the ebb and flow of his flamenco-derived music !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he was born Ricardo Baliardo in Sète - on the Mediterranean coast - south-west of Montpellier !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in his sleeve notes - for De Plata’s debut album in 1965 - the journalist Vincent Sheean wrote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "that the musician - had learned from the instrument !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "everything - it has to teach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "he lives in his music - as the fish lives - in the sea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "de Plata is a unique individual - who made his own rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CULTURE of FRANCE - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ FRANCE CULTURE