Anonymity Quotes - Page 2

• Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers.

  Chris Hedges

  Expression, Leader, Democracy

  Chris Hedges (2010). “Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle”, p.146, Nation Books

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• She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity.

  Alice Sebold

  World, Imagine, Time Of Day

  Alice Sebold (2014). “The Lovely Bones: Picador Classic”, p.177, Pan Macmillan

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• There is a massive apparatus within the United States government that with complete secrecy has been building this enormous structure that has only one goal, and that is to destroy privacy and anonymity, not just in the United States but around the world.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Government, Goal, United States

  “CNN Newsroom”, www.cnn.com. June 8, 2013.

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• In trying to be perfect, He perfected the art of anonymity, Became imperceptible And arrived nowhere from nowhere.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Art, Perfect, Trying

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• It's nice to have some anonymity and still be low key.

  Melanie Fiona

  Nice, Keys, Lows

  "Melanie Fiona makes her bid for the big time". Interview with Tony Wong, www.thestar.com. March 16, 2012.

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• The work is the work. The work is not me. I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films. Even though it's my voice, I'm a storyteller.

  Frank Ocean

  Directors, Film

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.

  Alex O'Loughlin

  Thinking, Scary, World

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What is the purpose of a city if not to grant the greatest of gifts, anonymity?

  Rabih Alameddine

  Cities, Purpose, Grants

  Rabih Alameddine (2002). “I, The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters”, p.103, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Being the first black Nobel laureate, and the first African, the African world considered me personal property. I lost the remaining shreds of my anonymity, even to walk a few yards in London, Paris or Frankfurt without being stopped.

  Wole Soyinka

  Paris, Black, Yards

  "Ousting monsters" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2002.

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• I realize I will never regain my anonymity but I can certainly give it a try. And it's a lot of fun to give it a try.

  George W. Bush

  Fun, Giving, Trying

  Source: www.texasmonthly.com

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• 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.

  Jack Kerouac

  Wisdom, Men, Differences

  Jack Kerouac (1991). “On the road”, Penguin USA

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• Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

  Anna Maria Chavez

  Bully, Needs, Mask

  "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.

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• The anonymity issue is a big question. As long as people can disguise cyber attacks and as long as there is a sort of question mark over who is responsible, then the problem will continue to exist. And of course what happens in response to that is that there is a move to try and refashion the Internet so that anonymity is impossible, which of course leads to fears among all sorts of groups - civil rights groups, NGOs, and political parties - that the Internet is going to be used simply as a method of control. So these are very sensitive issues.

  Misha Glenny

  Party, Moving, Long

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I have no anonymity.I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there.

  Ringo Starr

  Years, Stories, Half

  Source: alltheseletters.com

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• I have too much potential for collapse. There's an anonymity that makes people feel safe to participate in hatefulness. I like a good old-fashioned fistfight if people are pissed off at each other. I just feel like if you're really mad and want to have a fight, then put your dukes up.

  Julia Roberts

  Fighting, People, Mad

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• Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

  Bob Woodward

  Senior, Literature, Way

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence also democracy. The right to speak the truth to power does not shield the speaker from the consequences of doing so; only comparable power or anonymity can do that.

  Nick Harkaway

  Secret, Desire, Democracy

  Nick Harkaway (2012). “The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World”, p.145, Vintage

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• I'm very much against the anonymity of bloggers and social media. I just hate it and I think it's really cowardly.

  Ice T

  Hate, Thinking, Media

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the bakery or the fortune-teller's, only to know that one might. A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Cities, Imagination, Quality

  Rebecca Solnit (2001). “Wanderlust: A History of Walking”, p.133, Penguin

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• Anonymous sources are a practice of American journalism in the 20th and 21st century, a relatively recent practice. The literary tradition of anonymity goes back to the Bible.

  Joe Klein

  Practice, Journalism, Tradition

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• In a nation of celebrity worshipers, amid followers of the cult of personality, individual modesty becomes a heroic quality. I find heroism in the acceptance of anonymity, in the studied resistance to the normal American tropism toward the limelight.

  Shana Alexander

  Acceptance, Cult Of Personality, Quality

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• I have never in any way found the idea of celebrity appealing. Anonymity is much more appealing.

  Dick Clement

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

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• The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.

  Marla Maples

  Keeping Secrets, Losing, Problem

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You can always find a stray negative comment on the Internet. It's like everybody loves to put negative comments on the Internet under the cloak of anonymity.

  John Legend

  Negative, Internet, Cloaks

  "John Legend gets down and dirty". Interview with Shanon Cook, www.cnn.com. October 30, 2008.

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• Our digital experiences are out of body. This biases us toward depersonalised behaviour in an environment where one’s identity can be a liability. But the more anonymously we engage with others, the less we experience the human repercussions of what we say and do. By resisting the temptation to engage from the apparent safety of anonymity, we remain accountable and present - and are much more likely to bring our humanity with us into the digital realm

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Safety, Temptation, Humanity

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