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- Nov 07, 2020
Secret Quotes
On secrets, privacy, and what people choose to keep hidden.
One notable quote here argues that real security software should never depend on keeping its code secret in the first place - a point still debated in tech circles. See also Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is in the public interest to know what our governors are up to. If they are up to doing good, then they are only too happy to let us know. When they are up to no good, they want that kept secret.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.
- Government Programs
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Listen, every person has to have a bit of privacy in their life. There are certain things I hold very dear and secret.
- Glare
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason so many celebrities try to keep things secret is you want the chance to get to know someone without the glare of public scrutiny.
- Confluence
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look at Superman, the story of an orphan coming to America, keeping his identity secret and even the names, Kal-El and Jor-El, you can trace lines to the background of the creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, both Jewish. Overall, there was a remarkable confluence of events that led to the medium and the Jewish participation.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what the secret to doing standup well is, but I do know the goal is to be yourself as much as possible. And working harder than everyone else.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Marvel catalogue of 9,000 characters really is that rich. It isn't just a bunch of guys running around with capes and cowls who have secret identities and fight across the street from each other.
- Joke
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- Nov 07, 2020
We always have a little comedy. It's the Marvel secret sauce. I think it's what helps Marvel resonate with the audience, that, yes, we're in the joke, too.
- Heroes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the Victoria's Secret Angels. They're sort of my gorgeous glamour heroes.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I'm Italian, but my family isn't stereotypical. I mean, I only have one sister and we don't yell or throw pasta at each other. My mother doesn't even have a secret spaghetti sauce recipe.
- Nov 07, 2020
My mom's a secret Rastafarian.
- Crafting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement entered into by the United States must serve the national interest, not merely the interests of those crafting the proposal in secret.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is no secret that our tax code is drastically outdated and burdensome to all Americans. Fortunately, more and more people are aware daily of the inequities that arise from things such as the estate tax, and it has come to the forefront of Congress' agenda.
- Some
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- Nov 07, 2020
Owen Wilson is an actor, but think of him as a sort of secret agent. He has an offbeat, indie-movie sensibility. Every so often, however, he infiltrates some big-budget movie he clearly doesn't belong in - 'Anaconda,' 'Armageddon,' 'The Haunting' - and struggles valiantly to stop it from sucking.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020