Jean Cocteau Quotes

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.

Jean Cocteau

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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'Real Housewives of New Jersey' has taught me more about the nature of a vacuum in space than any of the demonstrations in my high school AP physics textbook.

Andrea Seigel

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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

Anatole France

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I believe that my music is just about feelings, and the style is just a side effect.

Robert Palmer

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Directors sometimes have good ideas that I wished I'd had, not on rewriting but simply on staging.

Tom Stoppard

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Shoes are a big part of your look. I think that if your outfit isn't really something special, then fun footwear is a great way to jazz it up and make your ensemble more interesting.

Christian Siriano

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Science is a way of life. Science is a perspective. Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding in a manner that's precise, predictive and reliable - a transformation, for those lucky enough to experience it, that is empowering and emotional.

Brian Greene

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It's so crazy to think about touring with Weezer because that's a band that I grew up with.

Brendon Urie

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For working with non-professional actors, you have to have this particular desire to work with people who are reluctant to play in a movie. I like this relationship. I'm like a recruiter, an employment agency giving someone employment.

Bruno Dumont

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I'm a lot more secure than I used to be.

Sharon Van Etten

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I got a chance to act in a film, 'Derailed.' I was having a recurring nightmare, and after doing that film, the nightmares stopped.

Rza

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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

Leonardo da Vinci

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For my first acting job I played the role of Ensign Pulver in 'Mr. Roberts' at the Manitoba Theatre Centre.

Len Cariou

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