Zitate von Jacques Prevért

„Man müsste versuchen, glücklich zu sein, und sei es nur, um ein Beispiel zu geben.“

—  Jacques Prevért

FAZ vom 15.04.2016, S. 012 http://www.genios.de/presse-archiv/artikel/FAZ/20160415/verblueffend-beruehrend-exquisit-gl/FD1201604154830178.html
"Il faudrait essayer d’être heureux, ne serait-ce que pour donner l’exemple." - Spectacle [1951], Gallimard, 1966, Intermède, p. 216 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=JaTZAAAAMAAJ&q=essayer

„It's terrible
the faint sound of a hard boiled egg firmly cracked on a tin counter
it's terrible this faint sound
when it stirs the memory of a starving man“

—  Jacques Prevért

La Grasse Matinée - Sleeping In

„When truth is no longer free, freedom is no longer real: the truths of the police are the truths of today.“

—  Jacques Prevért

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„I am what I am
I was made this way
When I want to laugh
Yes I shriek with laughter
I love those who love me
It's my fault
If they're not the same
That I love everytime
I am what I am
I was made this way
What more do you want
What do you want from me“

—  Jacques Prevért

Je Suis Comme Je Suis - I Am What I Am

„All will be lost apart from happiness.“

—  Jacques Prevért

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„Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.“

—  Jacques Prevért

„An orange on the table
Your robe on the carpet
And you in my bed
Sweet present of the present
Coolness of the night
Warmth of my life.“

—  Jacques Prevért

Alicante

„Our father who art in heaven
Stay there
And we will stay here on earth
Which is sometimes so pretty“

—  Jacques Prevért

Pater Noster

„Laugh at death and die of laughter.“

—  Jacques Prevért

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„Everything was lost except happiness.“

—  Jacques Prevért

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„There aren't six or seven wonders of the world
There is no more than one: it is love.“

—  Jacques Prevért

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„Poetry, it's one of the most pretty nicknames we give to life.“

—  Jacques Prevért

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„There's no problem, only teachers“

—  Jacques Prevért

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