Larry Wall Quotes

We didn't put in ^^ because then we'd have to keep telling people what it means, and then we'd have to keep telling them why it doesn't short circuit.  :-/

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• These trees and these old people have one thing in common, they're both going in the ground soon!

  

  Bam Margera
  • People
  • Old
  • Trees

• I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.

  

  Felix Dennis
  • People
  • Care
  • Poetry

• I don't want to be known as the one who makes movies for older people.

  

  Nancy Meyers
  • People
  • Want
  • Movies

• You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • People
  • Trying
  • Help

• We went out for six weeks a year. We first started in Mexico and we did that for so many years that we finally said we've got to explore and start going globally. And then we started going all over the world.

  

  Gavin MacLeod
  • World
  • Start
  • Explore

• I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.

  

  Otis Rush
  • People
  • Know
  • Play

• I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing.

  

  Manoj Bhargava
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.

  

  Ed Smith
  • People
  • Exercise
  • Year

• I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • People
  • Energy
  • Air

• The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature.

  

  Lafcadio Hearn
  • People
  • Kind
  • Literature

• The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • People
  • Bad
  • Play

• I think that I, Jack McBrayer, am somewhat of a people pleaser, and I do enjoy being good at my job. But I would never endanger my life with gullibility or naivete.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• There is definitely a sense that when you, as a CIA ops officer... are handling assets, they are delivering to you their trust and their well-being. And you feel very protective of them, even if they're not very nice people.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • People
  • Nice
  • Trust

• What I think you are going to see is with DACA being gone, it gets rid of the magnet of drawing people over here, thinking they are going to come in and get amnesty.

  

  Ted Yoho
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Drawing

• Why can't I just eat my waffle?

  

  Barack Obama
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  • Just
  • Eat

• I've found a place that would amaze you. People used to live there, but now it's all overgrown and no one goes there. Absolutely no one – only me... Just a little house and a garden. And two dogs.

  

  Karel Capek
  • People
  • Live
  • House

• Either accept people for what they are, or don't. So, in other words, man, if people don't know me, I think they do themself an injustice. Because, as a whole, I think I'm a good person.

  

  Ike Turner Ike & Tina Turner
  • People
  • Good
  • Man

• 'Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • People
  • Love
  • Story

• Letting men die is a money-saving device. Safety costs money… as one safety official put it, ‘When everything is hurry, hurry, hurry, when you start pressuring people and taking shortcuts, things can go wrong. And then people die.’ No. And then men die.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • People
  • Men
  • Money

• Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light.

  

  Kathryn Budig
  • People
  • Light
  • Focus

• I have vaguely entertained the idea of learning how to use the Internet and email. It looks easy, but I'm sure it's harder than it seems. Never having used a computer makes a big difference. I haven't a clue which keys to press.

  

  Bella Freud
  • Learning

• Eternity

  

  Max Ernst

• I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Want
  • Realize
  • Arms

• We didn't put in ^^ because then we'd have to keep telling people what it means, and then we'd have to keep telling them why it doesn't short circuit.  :-/

  

  Larry Wall
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