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Jean Cocteau Quotes

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: french
Birth: July 5, 1889 - October 11, 1963

Topics

Habit Seeing True Things Realism Us

I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion.

Happy Plan President Discussion Been

Every family has that secret. Every family has that thing where you go, 'Shhh, shhh, shhh.'

Family You Go Secret Where Every

We're all screwed up. And the way Christians mess things up is we act like we've got it going on. And if we would just stay in that place of, 'Hey, we're all screwed up and but for the grace of God, none of us have a shot here.' We need to have a sense of humor about it; that's kind of the way I've always faced my comedy.

God Humor Grace Comedy Place Kind

They say it's not the snoring itself but those anxiety-packed moments in between snorts. It's the waiting for the nasal passages of the person lying beside you to strike again. And strike it always does. In the dark, almost against your will, you produce that special glare reserved for people who cannot control their own behaviour.

Waiting People Control Moments You

I think the power of Stieg Larsson's stories is that he has the guts to show the hidden spots in the side of Sweden. That gave us a push to say that for the first time. That they can't have with the American version.

Michael Nyqvist

Power Time Think American Push Say

But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street.

Mother End House Now Street Dead

Finally, the complexities of black relationships are being portrayed in television and film.

Lisa Nicole Carson

Black Television Relationships Film

I'm a big wuss, and not the king in the least. My wife is.

Wife King Big Least

We shot 'Super Troopers' on the side of the road in the summer in Poughkeepsie.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Road Summer Side Shot Super

Dad passed away in 2000, but he visits me all the time. He comes to me in different ways. So I have that connection with him, and that comforts me, to know that in time I can come back and still have that with my kids. It's not unfamiliar to me, that connection with the afterlife. I know it's real; I experience it all the time.

Deborah Mailman

Time Experience Me Connection Back

I am just focusing on one match at a time.

Time I Am Just Focusing Match Am

Hollywood has known this for quite a while: Cable is the place to go because they truly have a supportive network and they want to do things that cannot be seen on broadcast. That stimulates the writer-producer. Cable is king.

King Place Go Want Hollywood Things

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