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7acb5e9 A series of accidents creates a positively lighthearted state. Jean Baudrillard
047983e One day, we shall stand up and our backsides will remain attached to our seats. Jean Baudrillard
444a768 Challenge, and not desire, lies at the heart of seduction. (p. 57) Jean Baudrillard
1f5d3ce Distinctive signs, full signs, never seduce us. (p. 59) Jean Baudrillard
426893d For nothing can be greater than seduction itself, not even the order that destroys it. Jean Baudrillard
50accb2 Politics is a game of friends. Jean Chrétien
066bd31 I've never believed in seeking perfection at the risk of losing everything. Jean Chrétien
db71356 Vision is not political rhetoric. Jean Chrétien
4f86a13 A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility. Jean Cocteau
ccfe62f I am a lie who always speaks the truth. Jean Cocteau
285334f The Louvre is like the morgue; one goes there to identify one's friends. Jean Cocteau
08a6f38 Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently. Jean Cocteau
16478bf Film will only become an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. Jean Cocteau
7c5315d After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Jean Cocteau
c9e90e0 An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. Jean Cocteau
417edff We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like? Jean Cocteau
5535f9f The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed. Jean Cocteau
f5bfb82 Poetry is indispensable -- if I only knew what for. Jean Cocteau
70241ee That pile of paper on his left side went on living like the watch on a dead soldier's wrist. Jean Cocteau
82bd4c2 Don't for a moment believe He was killing the young; He was costuming angels. Jean Cocteau
9a5b98b The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches. Jean Cocteau
513a3cd Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau
049f69c The joy of youth is to disobey, but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau
72b6c64 What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you. Jean Cocteau
9a6cf82 Art is science made clear. Jean Cocteau
f76fdef One must be a living man and a posthumous artist. Jean Cocteau
33db40a An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau
291bce8 The worst tragedy for a poet is to be admired through being misunderstood. Jean Cocteau
6e24ed7 In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator. Jean Cocteau
8a1b9fb Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far. Jean Cocteau
b3ca10f The extreme limit of wisdom -- that's what the public calls madness. Jean Cocteau
3830a7a There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Jean Cocteau
49e3ff6 We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel. Jean Cocteau
d95e90f Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. Jean Cocteau
e8dec1c A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses. Jean Cocteau
4795173 Victor Hugo was a madman who thought he was Victor Hugo. Jean Cocteau
664dea0 Life is a horizontal fall. Jean Cocteau
542e1b9 It is not I who become addicted, it is my body. Jean Cocteau
265c329 Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection. Jean Cocteau
8d60119 One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau
a291670 Hasten slowly. Run faster than beauty. Jean Cocteau
f367460 Be helpful, even if it compromises you. Jean Cocteau
c509a78 Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail. Jean Cocteau
5b0cefa He who is affected by an insult is infected by it. Jean Cocteau