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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which hab

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

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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to ones 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. – Jean Cocteau

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

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Death
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Jean Cocteau
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Habits
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Habit is thus the enormous flywheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor. – William James, The Principles of Psychology

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Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are. – Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, and at last we cannot break it. – Horace Mann

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Habits

A habit is something you can do without thinking — which is why most of us have so many of them. – Frank A. Clark

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Habits

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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. – William Congreve

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In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period. – Edward Hopper

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Art

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight. – Charles Baudelaire

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Men

If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long. – Noam Chomsky

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amazing