Edward Snowden

I grew up with the understanding that the world I lived in was one where people enjoyed a sort of freedom to communicate with each other in privacy, without it being monitored, without it being measured or analyzed or sort of judged by these shadowy figures or systems, any time they mention anything that travels across public lines.

American Activist

Rudolf Steiner

It is possibly not very helpful to our inner life to ponder a great deal on how the external world is reflected in our soul. By doing so, we do not get beyond a shadowy picture of the world of mental images in ourselves.

Austrian Philosopher

Lenny Abrahamson

It's something I've noticed with my two children - children frequently know and don't know at the same time. They are aware of aspects of the world that are a little bit shadowy, and they choose not to engage with them.

Irish Director

Alicia Keys

Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me.

American Musician

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

American Poet

Tom Coburn

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

American Politician

Edgar Allan Poe

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Gavin Esler

There are people who appear on television who are paid for by shadowy think tanks whose financing they won't come clean about.

Scottish Journalist

Jon Ronson

My paranoia never ends, but I haven't been paranoid about being spied on my shadowy forces for some time now.

Welsh Journalist

Jason Whitlock

Segregation has never been a shadowy, impossible-to-pin-down conspiracy. It's been an American way of life.

American Journalist

Used to create a visual scene where light is minimal and visibility is reduced.

Imagery of Darkness

Can suggest an uncertain or hidden aspect in a situation.

Tone of Uncertainty

Sets a mood for mystery, often used in suspense or horror genres.

Sense of Mystery

Indicates something is not fully revealed or understood, representing ambiguity.

Hint of Unknown

Used to describe situations or things that lack clear explanation or definition.

Eluding Clarity

Often related to activities that are dubious or potentially illegal.

Connotation of Illegality

Evokes a connection to the criminal underworld or secretive operations.

Association with Crime

 it we've lost that baseline so the message is you know if we can protect places like this they will come back I worked in other parts of New Zealand on this story as well like fjord land which is this sort of shadowy lord of the rings' environment with mountains and tons of fresh water that pours into the

Brian Skerry: Ocean Soul...

 far away from the shadowy dangers and mysterious events surrounding twelve-year-old cruise Coronado's first months at school finally at see the young explorers get to immerse themselves in real expeditions cool classes and amazing technology and with the help of his friends crews secretly works to uncover

The Falcon's Feather -...

 To this day, they remain ruled by a ritual priesthood but the training for the priesthood is rather extraordinary. The young acolytes are taken away from their families at the age of three and four, sequestered in a shadowy world of darkness in stone huts at the base of glaciers for 18

Wade Davis: Cultures at...

 His judgment became clouded So did the sky, With evaporated tears as the sun started to cry. Because the sunshine kid was bright, with a warm personality, And inside he burned savagely Hurt by the words and curses of the shadowy folk who spoke holes in his soul and left cavities,

Harry Baker: A love poem...

 centers around the potential of Pip, an orphan plucked from obscurity by an anonymous benefactor and propelled into high society. In his search for purpose, Pip becomes the victim of other people’s ambitions for him and must negotiate with a shadowy cast of characters.

Why should you read...

 While many of the details of Diogenes’ life are shadowy, the philosophical ideas born out of his disgrace survive today. In exile, Diogenes decided that by rejecting the opinions of others and societal measures of success, he could be truly free.

The philosophy of...

 They played a crucial role in the formation of galaxies, the building blocks of our universe. Far from being shadowy characters in the cosmic play, black holes have fundamentally contributed in making the universe a bright and astonishing place.

Could the Earth be...

 so sinister and so compelling. We place such a premium on our free will and our independence that the prospect of losing those qualities to forces unseen informs many of our deepest societal fears. Orwellian dystopias and shadowy cabals

Ed Yong: Suicidal wasps,...

 There's something about caves -- a shadowy opening in a limestone cliff that draws you in. As you pass through the portal between light and dark, you enter a subterranean world --

Why are these 32 symbols...

 today Tutankhamun's treasures are famous worldwide but Tutankhamun himself has always been a shadowy figure a mere boy propelled to the throne at nine and dead

Shadowy