Quote #59
People would say to Al Brown: 'You are not a boxer. You are a dancer.' He laughed at this, and won.
More from Jean Cocteau
- Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
- Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.
- Respect movements, flee schools.
- Be a constant outrage to modesty There is nothing to fear: modesty is exercised only among the blind.
- It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.
- One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.
- If an addict who has been completely cured starts smoking again he no longer experiences the discomfort of his first addiction. There exist…
- Hasten slowly. Run faster than beauty.