Larry Wall Quotes

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Larry Wall

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• 'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.

  

  Halsey
  • Sound
  • Rocks
  • Landscape

• I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • School
  • Small
  • Environment

• No, I never ever considered myself attractive.

  

  Lana Wood
  • Myself
  • Never
  • Ever

• Every day, you get up, and the world is changing; your customers are expecting more from you. Your competitors are putting pressure on you by doing more and trying to beat you here and beat you there.

  

  Abagail Johnson
  • Up
  • World
  • Trying

• I gotta be honest with you... I hate numbers. I hate chapter numbers. I hate them.

  

  Garth Stein
  • Hate
  • Numbers
  • Chapter

• I'm really not worried about what fans think.

  

  Dan Auerbach The Black Keys
  • Think
  • Fans
  • Really

• One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • World
  • Truth
  • America

• You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Man
  • Freedom
  • Fight

• My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Mother
  • Know
  • Amazing

• I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.

  

  Sam Waterston
  • Think
  • Always
  • Doing

• The definition of a musical is that the emotion is so strong that you can't talk anymore, you have to sing. The emotion isn't strong enough when you're just like, 'Let's take a second to sing about lamps!'

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Strong
  • Emotion
  • Talk

• I don't like to dabble in anything I don't do well. I don't talk politics.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Politics
  • Talk
  • Anything

• I remember turning 'The Sopranos' on once and within two minutes nearly throwing a brick through the screen.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Remember
  • Once
  • Brick

• I recurred on 'Grey's Anatomy' for three years, and at the same time, I recurred for eight episodes on 'Rescue Me'. And I'd recurred for nine episodes on 'The Practice'. Frankly, the guest star is often the most compelling character.

  

  Kate Burton
  • Time
  • Character
  • Star

• Chris Hemsworth is like my bromance. Seriously, I think I really inherited one of my best friends now. He doesn't know this yet, but I'm going to stalk him if he doesn't.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • Friends
  • Think
  • Best

• Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Great
  • Geniuses
  • Biographies

• If she but smile, the crystal calm shall break In music, sweeter than it ever gave, As when a breeze breathes o'er some sleeping lake, And laughs in every wave.

  

  Bayard Taylor
  • Music
  • She
  • Smile

• Religions grow out of the deepest needs of individuals sharing a common awakening, and are not created by 'engineers of the soul.'

  

  Daniel Bell
  • Soul

• A nation riven by factions, in which the minority has no hope of ever becoming a majority, or in which some group knows it is perpetually outcast, will seem oppressive to its members, whatever the legal pretensions.

  

  Henry Kissinger
  • Factions
  • Nation
  • Minority

• Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor, or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it may bore you, but nothing will replace it, and once mastered it will support you like a rock.

  

  B.J. Chute
  • May
  • Support
  • Rock

• Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If it isn't ethical, it can't be beautiful. But if it isn't beautiful, it probably shouldn't be at all.'

  

  Yves Behar
  • Important
  • Beautiful
  • Design

• Even if it has not been your habit throughout your life so far, I recommend that you learn to think positively about your body.

  

  Ina May Gaskin
  • Life
  • Think
  • Habit

• Most importantly, a leader proves himself by demonstrating his concern for and relationship with the people under him. The old adage: “Take care of your people and they will take care of you.

  

  Hal Moore
  • People
  • Relationship
  • Leader

• (To the extent that anyone but a Prolog programmer can understand \X totally. (And to the extent that a Prolog programmer can understand 'cut'.)

  

  Larry Wall