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• It matters not what goal you seek - its secret here reposes:
  you've got to dig from week to week - to get results on roses.

  Edgar Guest

  Goal, Rose, Matter

  Edgar Guest (1916). “A Heap o' Living'”

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• The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.

  George Herbert

  Philosophy, Men, Leaving

  George Herbert (1853). “The poetical works of George Herbert [and The synagogue, by C. Harvey.]. With life, critical diss., and notes, by G. Gilfillan”, p.327

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• The pretence that numbers are not the humble creation of man, but are the exacting language of the Universe and therefore possess the secret of all things, is comforting, terrifying and mesmeric.

  Peter Greenaway

  Humble, Men, Creation Of Man

  "Fear of Drowning By Numbers". Book by Peter Greenaway, 1991.

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• there  are  other  senses  -­  secret  senses,  sixth  senses,  if  you  will  -­  equally  vital,  but  unrecognized,  and  unlauded.

  Oliver Sacks

  Five Senses, Chakra, Sixth Sense

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• Nothing feels as awful as pouring your heart out to some talk therapist, then realizing this so-called professional is actually vastly stupid and you've just professed your most secret secrets to some goon who's wearing one brown sock and one blue sock.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Stupid, Heart, Blue

  Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Damned”, p.135, Random House

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• I never studied science or physics at school, and yet when I read complex books on quantum physics I understood them perfectly because I wanted to understand them. The study of quantum physics helped me to have a deeper understanding of the Secret, on an energetic level.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Book, School, Understanding

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Secret”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• It is through the dispositions of an army that its condition may be discovered. Conceal your dispositions, and your condition will remain secret, which leads to victory,; show your dispositions, and your condition will become patent, which leads to defeat.

  Sun Tzu

  Army, Victory, Patents

  Sun Tzu (2016). “The Art of War”, p.18, Xist Publishing

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• The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Inspiration, Stubbornness, Clear

  Orhan Pamuk (2007). “Other Colors”, p.523, Vintage

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• There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Football, World, Kingdoms

  "Throw FIFA Out of the Game" by Dave Zirin, www.nytimes.com. June 6, 2014.

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• Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.

  Ian Frazier

  Texas, Feelings, Benefits

  "On Texas" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 2014.

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• I am still in touch with my Secret Service agents, most of whom are retired now. They really get to be your friends. They watched me grow up, and most of them had little kids, so I was kind of giving them a warm-up of what was coming.

  Susan Ford

  Growing Up, Kids, Giving

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• Cyber war takes place largely in secret, unknown to the general public on both sides.

  Noah Feldman

  War, Sides, Cyber

  Noah Feldman (2013). “Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition”, p.30, Random House

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• And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame

  Oscar Wilde

  Winning, Games, Play

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.379, GENERAL PRESS

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• The secret, if one may paraphrase a savage vocabulary, lies in the egg of night.

  Loren Eiseley

  Lying, Night, Vocabulary

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• The curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being beloved is intolerable to many. The beloved fears and hates the lover, and with the best of reasons. For the lover is forever trying to strip bare his beloved. The lover craves any possible relation with the beloved, even if this experience can cause him only pain.

  Carson McCullers

  Pain, Hate, Forever

  "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" (1943)

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• A guitar is something you can hold and love and it's never going to bug you. But here's the secret about the guitar - it's defiant. It will never let you conquer it. The more you get involved with it, the more you realize how little you know.

  Les Paul

  Guitar, Littles, Bugs

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• I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let people know what really happens and reveal all the secrets and bring certain characters together.

  Trudi Canavan

  Book, Writing, Character

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• In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie Fall on Your Knees, they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Fall, Creating, Stories

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• I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better.

  Lucy Walker

  Years, People, Trying

  "The Crash Reel Director Lucy Walker on Snowboarding and Simone de Beauvoir". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. December 12, 2013.

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• I believe theres a secret chemical thats turned loose when you have kids that says youve got to survive, youve got to be strong. That keeps you on your toes, besides all kinds of other things, when you have three little ones running around.

  Clyde Edgerton

  Running, Strong, Believe

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• If you want success badly enough, you must weigh each thought, action, and experience.  The reward you reap will be the knowledge of some of history's best kept secret, which when understood and applied will truly guide you to the success in life that all have dreamed about, but only few have attained

  Thomas D

  Best Kept Secrets, Want, Rewards

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• Beneath the broad tides of human history there flow the stealthy undercurrents of the secret societies, which frequently determine in the depth the changes that take place upon the surface.

  A. E. Waite

  Depth, Flow, Tides

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• Secrets are very intriguing - I always think thats an interesting theme.

  Sara Shepard

  Thinking, Interesting, Intriguing

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• Heaven often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting them up with their own thoughts.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ideas, Long, Heaven

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2744, Delphi Classics

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• I do chat to my mother in Norwegian, particularly when we want a secret conversation. It is useful that way.

  Alexander Hanson

  Mother, Want, Way

  "THE LEADING MEN: Alexander Hanson and Colman Domingo". Interview with Tom Nondorf, www.playbill.com. January 6, 2010.

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