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  • The land of Ile-Rien is under attack by the magic and the black airships of the Gardier.

    April 25th, 2005 rachelcaine 2005

  • He is painted as vain, unintelligent, and ineffectual, so clueless that on the day the Bastille was seized by revolutionaries, he wrote in his diary, "Rien," "Nothing happened."

    Archive 2007-09-16 de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • He is painted as vain, unintelligent, and ineffectual, so clueless that on the day the Bastille was seized by revolutionaries, he wrote in his diary, "Rien," "Nothing happened."

    Louis XVI a short biography de Brantigny........................ 2007

  • That film features a musical score by Hans Zimmer that uses the leitmotif of Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien," slowing the melody down and synthesizing it into an abstract but organic sonic backdrop.

    Movies: Ann Hornaday on use of sound effects in 'Secretariat' and other films Ann Hornaday 2010

  • And then there was this: "Make a recording of yourself singing 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien'—and let me hear it!"

    To Stick to New Year's Resolutions, Try Outsourcing Them Elizabeth Bernstein 2011

  • As a result there is a flyweight called Kwanpichit 13 Rien Express in honour of a Bangkok restaurant, while an unbeaten southpaw super-flyweight has been variously known as Samson Toyota-Thailand, Samson 3-K Battery and Samson Dutch Boy Gym according to who was stumping up the cash at the time.

    Selling sport naming rights is just a load of old Cobras | Harry Pearson 2011

  • Blaring trombones take their cue from Edith Piaf's marchlike "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien," which, perhaps ironically, is heard several times during the film.

    Music to Oscar's Ears Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Oh, someone had asked me about this in email, so I wanted to point out that there is Ile-Rien fanfic: there's a fan-run LJ community ilerien and there's some in this archive here.

    February 4th, 2009 ilerien 2009

  • That her 1960 anthem "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien" has managed to be perfectly at home with ultra-right ­legionnaires patrolling colonial Algiers and in Christopher Nolan's ultra-hip 2010 sci-fi thriller "Inception" speaks to the breadth of Piaf's appeal.

    The Sound of France Mark Polizzotti 2011

  • Jacob Dust came with his; Rien got hers because I needed a name that sounded like a name, but also meant "nothing."

    i smoke my friends down to the filter buymeaclue 2009

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