#discreet

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. ↗

— Tacitus

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The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing. ↗

— Jack Valenti

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Chaperons don't enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet. ↗

— Judith Martin

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I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs. ↗

— Keith O'Brien

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Chaperons, even in their days of glory, were almost never able to enforce morality; what they did was to force immorality to be discreet. This is no small contribution. ↗

— Judith Martin

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Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. ↗

— Edmund Waller

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I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet as possible, and flexible enough to be able to capture the moment when it happens. I know from documentary how to not have a preconceived idea of what the scene could be. ↗

— Michel Gondry

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I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work. ↗

— Christina Hendricks

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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before. ↗

— Anita Hill

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