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"The real secrets are not the ones I tell."
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"Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble."

"It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine."

"Secrets affect you more than you'd think. You lie to keep them hidden. You steer talk away from them. You worry someone'll discover yours and tell the world. You think you are in charge of the secret, but isn't it the secret who's actually using you?"

"What happens in the dark should not be brought to light."

"While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive."

"When Rumsfeld gets up on television and says we have definitive intelligence that al Qaeda is working with Iraq, how is an ordinary citizen supposed to react? They won't tell you the evidence, and when anyone asks, they say, 'Well, you know: It's secret.'"
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