- 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
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- Nov 07, 2020
My readers know my views on politics and politicians because I make no secret of them in my comments for 'The New Yorker' and elsewhere.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one ever gets too big to make mistakes. The secret is that the big man is greater than his mistakes, because he rises right out of them and passes beyond them.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to make an explicitly educational comic that taught readers the concepts I covered in my introductory programming class. That's what 'Secret Coders' is. It's both a fun story about a group of tweens who discover a secret coding school, and an explanation of some foundational ideas in computer science.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The premise of 'Secret Coders' is reminiscent of 'Harry Potter.' An intrepid band of tweens stumbles upon a secret school, only instead of teaching magic, the school teaches coding.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
My secret dream has always been to be a jazz musician. I tried the saxophone for a year or two when I was younger, but unfortunately I had to face the fact that I was not really talented!
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like movies in particular, on video or T.V. I have lots of old favorites, like Danny Kaye in 'The Court Jester' or 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' or James Stewart in 'Winchester '73.' But I also like a lot of modern films.
- Nov 07, 2020
In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are.
- Habit
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- Nov 07, 2020
The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.
- Never Give Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
My thing with the Secret Six is that they never win. The odds are always against them; everyone wants them gone. So they never win. But they never give up, either.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
Secret Six has always had a special place in the DCU, just because they're the misfits. The content is a little bit different than the rest of the mainstream titles. It has a completely different tone than any of the other books out there.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've written, like, 450 comics, and 'Secret Six' was the first one I've had ship late, ever. So it took a lot to make that happen. So we had a little bit of a stop-and-start, and then we had Convergence, and then Issue No. 2 of 'Secret Six'.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life of the Party, but that everything should be done publicly.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020