#secrets

Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors. ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#privacy #reading-secrets #men

Jews have been the most successful and productive nation in history. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#money #secrets #success #wealth #wealth-creation

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them! ↗

— Orville Wright

#been #could #discover #just #many

I do not tell her about how much I look forward to going to the Wright barn. How those couple of hours in his studio feel like an escape, a refuge. Nor do I tell Rachel that I think Damian has the most beautiful hands I've ever seen, that he walks like a cat, that he has the clearest eyes, which seem able to see absolutely everything about me. That he seems to be the loneliest person I've ever met, and it breaks my heart. All of these things feel private. Precious. And I don't want to share them with Rachel. Not yet, anyway. ↗

— Lisa Ann Sandell

#privacy #secrets #beauty

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#ask #asks #beauty #deep #i

Our Lord did not try to alter circumstances. He submitted to them. They shaped his life and eventually brought him to Calvary. I believe we miss opportunities and lovely secrets our Lord is waiting to teach us by not taking what comes. ↗

— Mother Maribel

#believe #brought #circumstances #comes #did

Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#i #like #prince #secrets #von

When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#always #because #cia #i #intimate

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#curiosity #intellectual #intellectual curiosity #keep #life

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. ↗

— Colin Powell

#failure #hard #hard work #learning #preparation