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

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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. – Somerset Maugham

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Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse. – Chaucer

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The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind. – Maria De Beausacq

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Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. – Jim Ryun

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