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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
Tags: comfort, escape, alcohol, man

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There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.
— Jean Cocteau
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In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.
— Jean Cocteau
Tags: content, paris, actor, nobody
All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
— Jean Cocteau
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True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.
— Jean Cocteau
Tags: us, habit, things, true
A film is a petrified fountain of thought.
— Jean Cocteau
Tags: film, thought, fountain, movies
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