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Quotes About Secrecy

Here's the thing you need to know about surveillance: it's boring. Sure, sometimes we blow stuff up and jump off buildings and/or moving trains, but most of the time we just hang around waiting for something to happen (a fact that almost never makes it into the movies), so I might have felt pretty silly if I were a normal girl and not a highly trained secret-agent-type person as I sat on that park bench, trying to act normal when, by definition, I'm anything but.
~ Ally Carter
But as I looked at everything I was supposed to carry and thought about all the things I was supposed to know, I had to wonder: Do all girls go through this? Is every girl on a date really in deep cover?
~ Ally Carter
Would you die to stop them, Agent Townsend?" "Yes." He didn't miss a beat. I pushed up my sleeves, revealing the fading slashes on my arms. "Then think about what I would do.
~ Ally Carter
According to my sources," Megan says, which I'm pretty sure is code for I hacked into the police mainframe, but please don't tell my mom...
~ Ally Carter
in a place where everyone knew my story, it was nice to know there was a chapter that only I had read.
~ Ally Carter
Just so you know Gallagher Girl," he whispered softly, "I'm going to kiss you now.
~ Ally Carter
That is the palace's facial-recognition program chronicling everyone who entered the gala last night." Megan leans back and crosses her arms. She knows that we're impressed. She is impressed. And I have to admit she has every right to be.
~ Ally Carter
21:00 hours: The Subject admitted to leaving some of The Operative's listening devices within the East Wing. Or he tried to trick The Operative into admitting that there were remaining devices ... Or the subject was just making covert small talk. Or... 21:01 hours: the operative couldn't help but remember how much easier it is talking to regular boys.
~ Ally Carter
Henley'deki rehberler her h?rs?z?n bildiÄŸi bir ayr?nt?y? bilmiyorlard?; eÄŸer bir ÅŸeyi kimse taraf?ndan görülmeden yapma imkân?n?z yoksa yap?lacak en iyi ÅŸey, bunu herkes size bakarken yapmakt?r. (syf. 146)
~ Ally Carter
Kat had already passed for a Franciscan nun during a particularly difficult job in Vatican City).
~ Ally Carter
Yo tengo un amigo que dice que no hay vida como la clandestinidad. Ni tan mala ni, sobre todo, tan buena.
~ Almudena Grandes
porque nada une tanto como la clandestinidad compartida
~ Almudena Grandes
No hay vida como la clandestinidad. Ni tan buena ni, sobre todo, tan mala.
~ Almudena Grandes
Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.
~ Alphonse de Lamartine
If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.
~ Alphonse Karr
Everybody knows you can dispose of a body in the swamp and it will never be found until somebody cuts open a gator one day and sees bones.
~ Alyssa Day
Si quieres ser feliz, vive escondido»
~ Amelie Nothomb
No existe nombre para la violación de un diario. Lo cual demuestra que es más grave. No tiene nombre.
~ Amelie Nothomb
From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.
~ George McGovern
I floated around in the department of biochemistry and learned some interesting things, and then I began to... I never wanted to work with a mentor because I always wanted to have my own reputation and be free to do what I wanted to do. So I worked with the weakest people in the department. Don't make that public.
~ Irwin Rose
The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.
~ Eric Hoffer
Never let people see what you want, because they will not let you have it. Never let anybody see what you feel, because it gives them too much power. You're probably better off not showing weakness whenever you can avoid it, because they'll go for you.
~ Mike Nichols
I enjoy talking with my male friends, but a lot of them are not actors. If I'm talking to my peers, I wouldn't give out information that would be perceived as a sign of weakness.
~ Kris Marshall
I think there's something in people where they often want to describe their personal experiences, but when it's regarding wealth, they're obviously very guarded.
~ Jamie Johnson