"Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail."
-Jean Cocteau
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"The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness."
-Jean Cocteau
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"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."
-Jean Cocteau
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"The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up."
-Jean Cocteau
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"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?"
-Jean Cocteau
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"We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?"
-Jean Cocteau
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"The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy."
-Carly Fiorina
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"I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise."
-Ron Wyden
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"The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see."
-Carly Fiorina
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"Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time."
-Gerald R. Ford
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"I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman."
-Bob Kane
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"The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature."
-Lewis Thomas
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