"Secrets...are the very root of cool."

-- William Gibson

#Roots Quotes #Secret Quotes

“The passion for travelling is, I believe, instinctive in some natures. We have seen men persevere in their enterprises against the most formidable obstacles; and, without means or friends, and even ignorant of the languages of the various countries through which they passed, pursue their perilous journeys into remote places, until, like the knight in the Arabian tale, they succeeded in snatching a memorial from every shrine they visited.”

Source : James Holman (2009). “A Voyage Round the World: Volume I, Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832”, p.6, The Floating Press
“I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.”
“Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me.”
“Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.”
“The only decisions I'm making at the moment are whether I have tea, coffee, toast or cornflakes in the morning.”
“Dude, that was a knuckle buster brother.”
“If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.”
“The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.”

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