Larry Wall Quotes
A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.
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I used to shop in ASDA all the time. Every now and then I still go in to get a little salad for lunch.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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I loved Hendrix. I mean, really, really loved him. As if he were one of the great classical composers. And he was. That's how I saw him.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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I would describe my personal style as eclectic.
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Canada is a big part of my life.
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But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.
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Among the world's 500 largest companies, not one has completely relied on its own growth to develop.
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When I was 17, I used to really think about what I wore every day.
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Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.
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There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.
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At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything.
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It's easy for me to be motivated and inspired by seeing somebody who just goes all out to do something.
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History shows us that people are terrible about guessing what is going to happen - next week, next month, and especially next year.
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I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.
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My ex would know not to talk to me until I came back from running. I'd always be in a better place.
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To the Christian Church, the destruction of the Temple served as an ultimate sign that the Jews were no longer God's chosen people, divine favor having now been transferred to a newer and better Israel.
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What the English call 'comfortable' is something endless and inexhaustible. Every condition of comfort reveals in turn its discomfort, and these discoveries go on for ever. Hence the new want is not so much a want of those who have it directly, but is created by those who hope to make profit from it.
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Why did she give up wine for Lent? Polly was more sensible. She had given up strawberry jam. Cecilia had never seen Polly show more than a passing interest in strawberry jam, although now, of course, she was always catching her standing at the open fridge, staring at it longingly. The power of denial.
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A 'goto' in Perl falls into the category of hard things that should be possible, not easy things that should be easy.
