碧姬芭杜(Brigitte Bardot),小野貓、又稱BB,這位最近剛過完80大壽的法國傳奇女星是過去幾世代人們心中的女神,自出道就以其美貌與優美身段聞名-她能狂野、能優雅、能慵懶...在過去女人都把自己包緊緊的年代,她就以性感比基尼之姿風靡全球,普普風教父安迪沃荷更稱她為「世上第一位現代女性」。
1973年,漸漸年邁的她宣布息影,轉而投入動物保護工作,但我們並沒有忘記碧姬芭杜,她的經典地位已不容撼動。而今天要讓大家知道幾句這位一代尤物所說過的幾句名言,證明她非但美貌才華兼具,還是個愛動物、懂得享受生命的女性楷模:
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What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.
「有甚麼比一位年長的女性的智慧,能和年齡同步成長還要美好?只要妳懂得品味生活,那麼變老這件事就是迷人的。」
I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.
「我將我的美貌和青春都獻給男人,是時候讓我把我的智慧和經驗貢獻給動物了。」
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Do you have to have a reason for loving?
「愛人難道需要理由嗎?」
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.
「照片捕捉到的畫面是你一瞬的永恆回憶,並會在未來的日子時時刻刻讓你想起過去的那一瞬間。」
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When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.
「當我去愛,我不會去計較我的愛有多少,我會付出全部,而我每一次的戀愛都無比輝煌。」
It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.
「如果你在表現忠誠時一點都不甘願,那還是不表現忠誠的好。」
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I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
「我曾經開心、富有、美麗、集眾千寵愛於一身、有名,但非常不快樂。」
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.
「女人越想去『解放』自己,就越是不快樂。」
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Death was like love, a romantic escape.
「死亡像愛情,一種浪漫的解脫。」
Animals have never betrayed me. They are an easy prey, as I have been throughout my career. So we feel the same. I love them.
「動物們從來不會背叛我,牠們總是很輕易就成為獵物,就像我在我的演藝生涯中一樣,所以我們很像,我愛牠們。」
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碧姬芭杜、奧黛麗赫本、可可香奈兒、瑪麗蓮夢露...這些一生活得精采、傳說般的女性之所以能成為經典,並不全因為美貌或時尚品味或外在的名氣,而是她們的腦中裝載的智慧,才讓她們由內而外的閃爍,妳也想成為和她們一樣的人嗎?像BB說的一樣去認真品味生活吧!