"Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing."

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Source : Quoted by Jean Cocteau in his acceptance speech to the Académie Française, October 20, 1955.

Raymond Radiguet

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“Good police officers are ugly.”
“In an experiment by Dr. Robert Emmons at the University of Californiaâ€“Davis, people who kept a â€˜gratitude journal,â€™ a weekly record of things they felt grateful for, enjoyed better physical health, were more optimistic, exercised more regularly, and described themselves as happier than a control group who didnâ€™t keep journals.”

Source : Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline (2009). “Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out”, p.126, Simon and Schuster
“I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching and all of the improvisers that I still love, it gets almost impossibly daunting. I try to do as much as I can.”

Source : "The Only Late is Never". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. November 12, 2010.
“But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth remains for ever, and that is the search for truth.”
“The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth with workers, ... Roughly 80 percent of those surveyed offer bonus programs and 401(k) or profit-sharing plans . . . as they compete for the best and brightest workforce.”
“When I'm casting a picture, I think who I'd like to see in it if I was sitting in a theater. Who would surprise me?”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.”
“Confidence is sexy. So if you're confident in who you are, that's sexier than anything.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com

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