Withholding Information Quotes

• Withholding information that would get innocent people killed was the right thing to do, not a journalistic sin.

  Eason Jordan

  People, Information, Sin

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• Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

  Edward Teller

  Doe, Information, Damage

  "Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers '87" edited by F. J. Duarte, (p. 1165), 1988.

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• If there is no honesty, there is no relationship. The only degree to which there is a relationship is the degree to which you are honest. Expressing your clear desires does not make you a dictator and you telling what you think, feel, and what you want or don’t want, is just called being honest. It doesn't control him at all. You’re trying to control others by withholding information by not getting involved and by not being honest. Withholding information is a form of manipulation. It is dishonest and it’s destructive to a relationship.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Honesty, Thinking, Desire

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• Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.

  Bruce Coville

  Essence, Tools, Information

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• All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

  Puff Daddy

  Trying, Life Is, Great Music

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• Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information.

  Ian Mcewan

  Narrative, Information, Tension

  "The Background Hum" by Daniel Zalewski, www.newyorker.com. February 23,2009.

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• I have never regretted erring on the side of withholding information.

  Mindy Kaling

  Erring, Information, Sides

  Interview with Kathryn Borel, www.believermag.com.

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• I would never withhold information about the murder of my man Biggie, or anybody else. It's just silly and ridiculous. The accusations are just flying out. All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

  Puff Daddy

  Silly, Men, Biggie

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• The key of writing fiction isn't just to remove something that the reader or listener can easily imagine. It's not a matter of being coy, or withholding information. It's allowing for multiple possibilities, recognizing the complexity of human behavior, and making the world of a piece of fiction as marvelously confounding as the world we live in.

  Peter Turchi

  Writing, Keys, Fiction

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