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It is not inspiration it is expiration.

Jean Cocteau

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Jean Cocteau
Age: 74 †
Born: 1889
Born: July 5
Died: 1963
Died: October 11
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You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.
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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.
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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
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There's no such thing as love only proof of love.
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Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself.
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What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show.
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The public only takes up yesterday as a stick to beat today.
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Youth is certain what it rejects before it knows what it will accept.
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The public is never pleased with what we do, wanting always a copy of what we have done.
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The only work of art which succeeds is that which fails.
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