#secret

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#acquired #affairs #assuring #born #control

The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. “Well,” said Jack at last. “What do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?” “Yes!” whispered all the children. “Let’s! ↗

— Enid Blyton

#children #island #lonely #mysterious #running-away

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. ↗

— John le Carre

#intelligence #james #knew #little #london

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security. ↗

— William Cavendish

#finds #hand #haunches #heavy #himself

The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere. ↗

— Michel De Certeau

#constituting #everywhere #formerly #great #great silence

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time. ↗

— Julia Child

#finding #happy #happy marriage #know #love

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. ↗

— Lee Child

#i #i am #know #me #really

My two secrets to staying healthy: wash your hands all the time. And, if you can't, use Purell or one of the sanitizers. And the other is hot peppers. I eat a lot of hot peppers. I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#eat #hands #healthy #hot #i

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#capitals #countries #diplomacy #goals #government

One of the main reasons America should re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to cooperation. He appointed Republican Secretaries of Defense, the Army and Transportation. He appointed a Vice President who ran against him in 2008. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#america #appointed #army #committed #cooperation