#secret

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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The secret of golf is to turn three shots into two. ↗

— Bobby Jones

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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. ↗

— Helen Keller

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The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

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There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

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The only people you can really share certain things with in secret are your girlfriends. ↗

— Shirley Knight

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All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and butting is the very secret of nature itself. ↗

— Graham Swift

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Secretly we're all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state. ↗

— Dean Rusk

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