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1->'''Bashir:''' Assuming you're not a spy...\
2'''Garak:''' Assuming. \
3'''Bashir:''' Then maybe you're an outcast. \
4'''Garak:''' Or maybe I'm an [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs outcast spy]]. \
5'''Bashir:''' How could you be both? \
6'''Garak:''' I never said I was either.
7-->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' [[note]]Garak is, perhaps inevitably, an outcast spy; why and what he did is never revealed, but suggestions were offered in a non-canon novel.[[/note]]
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9->'''[[Series/MadMen Don Draper]]''': When asked about your past, give vague, open-ended answers.\
10''[woman enters]''\
11'''Woman''': So, Don... tell me about your family. Any brothers and sisters?\
12'''Don Draper''': There was a man... with bright... shiny shoes. I saw him dancing... until the accident.\
13'''Woman''': Oh, how mysterious!
14-->-- ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
15
16->'''Roger Sterling''': So Don, why don't you tell us a little about yourself? \
17'''Don Draper''': I would, but it'd ruin the first half of my novel.
18-->-- ''Series/MadMen'', the ''actual'' show this time.
19
20->'''Renault''': I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Did you run off with a Senator's wife? I like to think that you killed a man. It's the romantic in me.\
21'''Rick''': It's a combination of all three.\
22'''Renault''': And what in Heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?\
23'''Rick''': My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.\
24'''Renault''': The waters? What waters? We're in the desert.\
25'''Rick''': I was misinformed.
26-->-- ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''
27
28->''You are being deliberately obscure as a substitute for having a personality.''
29-->-- '''Bonnie [=McFarlane=]''', ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''
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31->The instructor was somebody named Whitlaw. Nobody knew much about him. It was his first semester here. We'd heard some rumors though -- that he'd once punched a kid for mouthing off and broken his jaw. That he couldn't be fired. That he'd seen active duty in Pakistan, and still had the ears of the men and women he'd killed. That he was still involved in some super-secret operation and this teaching job was just a cover. And so on.\
32The first time I saw him, I believed it all.
33-->-- ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr''
34
35->As with the year prior there were live interviews. It had been a massive hit the first time and the crowd wanted more, especially since nobles Coin and Cash [from District One] would be present. But this time there was a bigger draw to the interviews.\
36Where had the [[AmnesiacHero amnesiac girl]] c[o]me from?\
37Bets were made all across the board as to her origin... and no money was lost nor won as the answer was never able to be worked out. It was truly a mystery for the ages. Hunger Games historians would be known to occasionally check into therapy, driven mad by the unsolvable mystery of this girl who just turned up one day.
38-->--The narration on Fir Buzz, ''Fanfic/CheatingDeathThoseThatLived''
39
40->Oddly, there's no information on file about your past life. Clerical oversight? [[UnPerson Deletion by some powerful unknown faction]]? Or was there just [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy nothing of note to mention]]? Whatever the reason, your past is known only to you. What's important is the here and now, and [[CallToAdventure the path you're about to forge]].
41-->-- [[BlankSlate {FILE NOT FOUND}]] background description, ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}''
42
43->"Never forget the following: Hollywood heroes must have a mystery."
44-->-- ''Creator/WilliamGoldman''
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