- 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
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
With almost every book I've written, my secret target audience is the young therapist. In this way, I am staying in my professorial role; I'm writing teaching stories and teaching novels.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.
- Here
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, the lyrics are kind of like my secret messages to my friends or my boyfriend or my mom or my dad. I would never tell them that these songs are about them or which specific lyric is about somebody. Often, when I sit down to write a lyric, it is in the heat of the moment, and something has just happened.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even before my audition, there were several pages missing from my script because those bits were so unbelievably secret not even I was allowed to see them.
- Pause
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't pause. Don't put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do anything other than read it.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Journalists must not be made accomplices by the secret service to solve its own problems.
- Nov 07, 2020
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is just not enough to strengthen the secret services for the fight against terrorism but it's also necessary to advance dialogue between cultures.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
- Nov 07, 2020