Eric S. Raymond Quotes
Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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Stability cannot occur without a Palestinian Spring through the full implementation of the Palestinians' right to self-determination on their land.
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I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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I don't find anything upsetting or gross or degrading about fighting with a mental illness: Bipolar or Schizophrenia.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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I'm very realistic. I know my boundaries - I know what I'm good at and what I'm not good at.
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It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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I realized immediately that this was a terribly important discovery, but I didn't realize how important it would be until we had spent a lot of time in the laboratory studying it.
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But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.
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My motto is, if you love something, don't set it free. No matter how hard it struggles. That would be stupid.
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The struggle to make people understand the need for change is over.
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You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action.
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Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion. That becomes more true the higher the skill level gets.
