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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though
and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.
I reveal too much of myself.
Secrecy is for the happy,
misery, hopeless misery, needs no veil; under a thousand suns it dares act openly.
Only the vulgar reveal all.
Truth's nakedness is not concerned with whom it strikes - painfully, or with pleasure; responding appropriately to its ingenuous temperament, however, rewards perceptions of unbiased transparency.
when you have a reasonable reason to dare, dare swiftly and unrelentingly
Scratch the surface of what's socially normal. I suppose in some way all of us have something we display to the public and things we feel too ashamed of or uncomfortable with to reveal to other people.
To feel free, hide nothing!
Dare to declare who you are. It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech. The path is not long, but the way is deep. You must not only walk there, you must be prepared to leap.
The truth does not reveal itself to idle spectators.
Dare to risk public criticism.
Be open where you can and stealthy where you must
To be silent is but a small virtue; but it is a serious fault to reveal secrets.
It takes enormous courage and humility to be open to others to find out who we really are.
Sometimes you can hide just as effectively by sticking out.
But in public who shall express the unseen adequately? It is private life that holds out the mirror to infinity; personal intercourse, and that alone, that ever hints at a personality beyond our daily vision.
Know why transparency's a beautiful thing? Transparency means no shame.
Everyone can know what is in my heart because I find it hard to conceal myself.
Revealing the truth is like lighting a match, it can bring light or it can set your world on fire.
I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.
I am not an exhibitionist anymore. I don't need to show of my beautiful body to anyone. I'm sexy and I know it, and I don't give a shit if anyone else knows it.
It's isn't a secret, unless keeping it hurts.
If you make too many things too public, then you end up living your life before the court of public opinion.
We have lost the idea that something can be secret because it is valuable, not because it's shameful. If you share everything with everybody, what have you got for yourself? I tweet and I blog, but I save a lot for myself. Not because I am ashamed.
Lechery is secretive, but must finally reveal itself to at least one.
He who is ashamed would like to force the world not to look at him, not to notice his exposure. He would like to destroy the eyes of the world.
Secretiveness is a most mysterious matter. However well one guards a secret, sooner or later it's bound to come out.
I follow my own methods, and tell as much or as little as I choose. That is the advantage of being unofficial.
I have never been outed by anyone but myself!
I'm a private person. And I have a certain way in which I protect myself. I don't openly wear my feelings.
First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
Courage cannot be unveiled without reality
The public be damned.
If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.
I'm a naturally open person - some might say radically open.
Don't think you'll shame me with your prim silence. I'm not ashamed in the least. Just because you make friends by acting as though you were found under a turnip leaf and raised by gnomes, it doesn't mean everyone takes pleasure in being prudish.
Paradoxically, we fail to disclose ourselves to other people because we want so much to be loved. Because we feel that way, we present ourselves as someone we think can be loved and accepted, and we conceal whatever would mar that image.
I've always been a pretty candid person. I'm not a very secretive person; I'm not a very discreet person. One of my best friends once described me as pathologically indiscreet.
Show don't tell, but don't show everything.
It's a simple truth that a secret is something you're ashamed of.
Back in the day, coming out was something very personal. You began by acknowledging the truth, first to yourself, then to close family and friends. Those of us more in the public spotlight, though, also had to 'come out' to the press.
Once it becomes a secret, it's hard to let it out. If you don't keep it inside to begin with, it doesn't get the chance to fester and rot. So, honesty is my policy.
Sometimes it's best to hide in plain sight.
Oh, my dear friend, it is impossible not to give oneself away - unless one never opens one's mouth! Speech is the deadliest of revealers.
Do the truth quietly without display.
What difference does it make after all?
anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? what's earth? All in the mind.
I'm a fairly private person.
I try to be honest about the shame that I feel because with honesty comes empowerment and also understanding.
The privacy of pride.
I'm a very open person. I know I open my mouth way too much, but I just do that.
I like to keep some things to myself, because its called a private life, not public.
The Transparent Society:
It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.
I'm not a secretive guy. I'm talkative.
I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and openly, but the press has never made a big fuss about me or said anything to me.
People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so
I am incapable of speaking of myself and of my life and the states of my soul, I am discreet to an almost pathological degree, and there is nothing I can do against that.
I don't feel comfortable talking about my private life, and some people in my private life don't feel comfortable about me talking about it. So I don't.
What we do we keep a secret. We are not to be seen or heard by the rest of the world.
The unarmed power of naked truth.
I'm a very private person, regardless of what the world may think of me.
I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
I have never told anyone about this part of my life. Keeping it secret gave me a sense of control over the uncontrollable; unveiling the lies leaves me painfully exposed.
I think that the most important reason to come out is your own sanity; that's above everything else. I think that applies whether you're a public figure or not. The closet is a terrible place to be for the person who's in it.
I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me.
My goal in going public was not to put my extended family to shame, or to get back at Brian for abusing my sister and me; rather, my mission was to give a face and voice to an epidemic that society stays hushed about.
There is nothing about MYSELF that I wouldn't reveal or write about. I don't care how horrendous or ridiculous I may appear in person or in print. There is great freedom in not caring what other people think.
I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront.
The naked truth is still taboo.
Best way to clear the air is to have it all out in the open.
Speak of things public to the public, but of things lofty and secret only to the loftiest and most private of your friends. Hay to the ox and sugar to the parrot.
You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
Our work must remain open and transparent so that we hear the voices of all
I like to keep my private life private for the most part.
If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.
I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain.
I bare my nakedness to the world that the world may see who I am; not the mask that hides my flaws, not the mask that hides my beauty. I bask in the light and I take off the mask!
It wasn't a secret that I was gay. I'd come out to my parents during my junior year of high school, on the day that I also wrecked the family car.
I am completely 100 percent honest in what I do and who I am, and I've got nothing to hide.
I'm a pretty private person. I'm not "out there" out there. From living in New York City, I developed a certain awareness that you have to have when you live by yourself.
I do limit my exposure to the public. You only have so much time.
I try to keep my private life kind of private.
The simple truth is ordinary, open and shared by all.
I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.
My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.
I'm an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid.
I've been openly gay since I can remember.
You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.
Let's face it. I'm an open book.
In a free society, there comes a time when the truth - however hard it may be to hear, however impolitic it may seem to say - must be told.
I guess [coming out publicly] seems like a weight off my shoulders. I've been playing a lot better than I've ever played before. I think I'm just enjoying myself and I'm happy.
Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.
Perhaps the most important reason for self-disclosure is that without it we cannot truly love.
As a private person, professionally I am invisible.
I don't keep it secret that I live with my partner Gio. I'm very proud of my gayness. But there is lots I wouldn't want the press to write about me ... it is a matter of regret that being gay is the most interesting thing about me.
Everything about my life is private, really. I'm not so sure that any of it has ever been public.
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
Everyone has a secret, but when it is bound by shame we're forced to live within the darkest circles of our crumbling masks; unable to find the light of the coming dawn; forever locked in the shadows of our own regrets.
Frankly, I don't like publicity.