97 Quotes About Anonymity

  • Author A.D. Aliwat
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    An anonymous goddess. Her phone is both a video camera and the sharpest pitchfork in the room, shoeing away the big monster.

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  • Author Erich Maria Remarque
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    Niemand kennt mich hier, dachte sie. Und niemand weiß, dass ich hier bin! Sie empfand diese Anonymität wie ein sonderbares, stürmisches Glück, das Glück, einem Glück entkommenzu sein, auf kurze Zeit oder für immer.

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  • Author Alice Sebold
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    Everything in her wanted to run -fly back to California, back to her quiet existence working among strangers. Hiding out in the folds of tree trunks and tropical petals, tucked away safely among so many foreign plants and people.

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  • Author Greg Baxter
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    You can never escape who you are, never truly anonymise yourself. Even if you never speak to anyone, people see you, and they get to know you for themselves.

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  • Author Guy Berryman
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    I think I've kind of got the best position. I get all the benefits of being in one of the biggest bands in the world and have a certain anonymity as well. So I'm perfectly happy with the situation.

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  • Author Hazel Blears
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    The new proposals outlined today would make suppliers accountable to the police and remove the anonymity of purchasers to deter impulsive purchases and irresponsible sales,

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  • Author Jim Balderston
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    The issue of privacy is a substantial one. People don't realize how much information has already been gathered about them. When you start seeing pop-up screens that say 'You bought boots at such-and-such a Web site, now check out our camping gear,' that will be distressing to a lot of people; they're going to look for some way to have anonymity online.

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  • Author Sharon Bolton
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    On the advice of my U.K. publishers, I chose a sexless anonymity and published my first five books under the semi-pseudonym, S. J. Bolton. I was happy. I could hide behind a genderless, classless persona and let my creepy, psychological murder-mysteries speak for themselves.

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  • Author Alistair Cooke
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    Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by the automobile and its needs-by freeways, highways, garages, gas stations, car lots, parking lots. And all of it is blanketed with anonymity and foul air.

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