Their Private Quotes
54 quotes by 49 authors
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I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.
— Banksy
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I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available…
— John le Carre
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Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.
— Grover Cleveland
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People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.
— Paulo Coelho
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Our Congresses consist of Christians. In their private life they are true to every obligation of honor; yet in every session they violate them all,…
— Mark Twain
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In an era when careerism dominates the campus, is it too much to expect students to go beyond their private interests, learn about the world…
— Ernest L. Boyer
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Education must prepare students to be independent, self-reliant human beings. But education, at its best, also must help students go beyond their private interests, gain…
— Ernest L. Boyer
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In their public statements (but not necessarily in their private statements), scientists express a generally negative attitude towards the UFO problem, and it is interesting…
— Peter A. Sturrock
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Sharks are like dogs. They only bite when you touch their private parts.
— Rob Schneider
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Now, apparently, Im told that every celebrity is expected to honor the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance, and a…
— Jodie Foster
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I would have to say that in this sort of feminized atmosphere in which we exist today, guys who are masculine and muscular like that…
— Brit Hume
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Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their…
— Ann Coulter
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As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter.
— Anderson Cooper
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The complete disregard for the camera's presence indicates its complete saturation in their lives. The subject neither notices nor seems to care that someone has…
— Nan Goldin
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All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is…
— Osama bin Laden
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Wealth is, for most people, the only honest and likely path to liberty. With money comes power over the world. Men are freed from drudgery,…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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I have known the Indians intimately - known them in their private relations - I think I understand the Indian character pretty well.
— George Crook
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Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and I wouldn't underestimate…
— George Soros
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires…
— Eberhard Weber
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It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms.
— Robert Reich
Who Wrote These Their Private Quotes
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