We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?

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"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul."

- Jean Cocteau

Love

"Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying."

- Jean Cocteau

Awareness

"I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you don’t like?"

- Jean Cocteau

Success

"Mirrors should think longer before they reflect."

- Jean Cocteau

Creativity

"Art is not a pastime but a priesthood."

- Jean Cocteau

Creativity

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief