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Quote by Jean Cocteau
After the writers death, reading his journal is like receiving a l

After the writers death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. – Jean Cocteau

Other quotes by Jean Cocteau

Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death. – Jean Cocteau

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Death
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Jean Cocteau
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort. – Jean Cocteau

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Escape, Escapism
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Jean Cocteau
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Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. – Jean Cocteau

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Art
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Other Quotes from
Death
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You know Americans are obsessed with life and death and rebirth, thats the American Cycle. You know, awakening, tragic, horrible death and then Phoenix rising from the ashes. Thats the American story, again and again. – Billy Corgan

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Death

Death is easier than a wretched life and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. – Aeschylus

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Death

I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I dont think of suicide as an option, but as fun. Its an interesting idea that you can control how you go. Its this thing thats looming, and you can control it. – Ryan Gosling

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Death

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. – Leonardo da Vinci

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Death

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If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years. – Bertrand Russell

Category:
Happiness

Im trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but its been difficult finding the right roles. Its been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned. – Orlando Bloom

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cool

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open. – James Broughton

Category:
Trust

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. – Richard Dawkins

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Age