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Quotes About Concealment

I said it must be interesting to be able to see people without them seeing you. It seemed to me that children are often treated in the same way, as witnesses whose presence was somehow not taken into account.
~ Rachel Cusk
He was all for people speaking their minds but it did make him miss the time when what was beneath the surface had been permitted to stay there.
~ Rachel Cusk
They didn't love or hate anything, or at least so that you could see; it was just that they were in the habit of never showing their hand.
~ Rachel Cusk
Writers need to hide in bourgeois life like ticks need to hide in an animal's fur: the deeper they're buried the better.
~ Rachel Cusk
The truth may not be told. Here is an acceptable lie.
~ Rachel Hartman
Concealing one's true medical condition from the voting public is a time-honored tradition of the American presidency.
~ Robert Dallek
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.
~ John Ruskin
People do recognize me. I walk around with sunglasses, and I think I'm hidden, but they see me.
~ Natalia Dyer
Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people... have to walk out of the shadows.
~ Albert Maltz
It used to be that, whenever I walked around without my old piercings, that I was very rarely recognized - it wasn't a common thing; I could be somewhat incognito.
~ David Draiman
Zahara likes to hide from Angie, who always knows, right when she walks in the room, that Z's playing.
~ James Haven
Playing dead is difficult with a full bladder.
~ Diane Lane
There is a limit on how much information you can keep bottled up.
~ Dick Gregory
The fact that people didn't know I was British did work for quite a while.
~ Claire Forlani
I bury things in the back of my mind I don't really want to deal with.
~ Ashton Sanders
I was successfully hiding from the world on Broadway for about 25 years.
~ Keala Settle
There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child.
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich
I wouldn't tell Jill how I felt. I behaved in such a way that was opposite to how I felt. I must have seemed strong to her. I didn't want to bring her down.
~ Charles Bronson
People who suffer from anxiety are very good at hiding it. That can often be a contributor to the anxiety because the gap between the internal perception and the external impression can feel so large.
~ Scott Stossel
I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.
~ Richard Simmons
I'm Mickey Mouse. They don't know who's inside the suit.
~ Keanu Reeves
I remember I did a character in 'Robocop' years ago - Commander Cash. I wore this really ridiculous outfit, and my face was covered. You couldn't recognize me in the suit; you could only hear my voice.
~ Roddy Piper
I have sun damage. I cover it up with make-up.
~ Marie Helvin
Never wear a hat and sunglasses at the same time, because it looks like you're wearing a disguise.
~ Jamie Hince