Larry Wall Quotes
The way these things go, there are probably 6 or 8 kludgey ways to do it, and a better way that involves rethinking something that hasn't been rethunk yet.
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I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood, it can surprise us how immediate or moving it is, when perhaps those feelings are just there, waiting to be accessed all the time.
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There are just so many young designers now.
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Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.
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Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
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It was always in the back of my mind while we were working on the first year of 'Rookie' that we'd do a print version at some point.
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My mother and my sister are big Jon Snow fans.
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Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.
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I do what I feel is right. I am not scared to walk on the new path and take risk.
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As someone remarked, when told the new atomic bombs would explode without a bang, 'they can’t leave anything alone.'
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Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something which you have to be all the time. Which isn't easy.
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Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
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I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart.
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Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face.
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The Profit and Loss Statement tells you a lot about how your business is doing. It can also help you to determine ways that you can go about saving money so that you get to bring more money home! Basically, the P&L statement measures all of your income sources verses all your business expenses for any given period of time.
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There are works of fiction which seek to explain jihadi terrorists as the militant wing of Amnesty International. I don't buy that.
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'Roc The Life' is a song I wrote with The Dream, who made 'Umbrella,' 'Single Ladies' and loads more.
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The closest thing to hell on earth is prison. It's the worst experience I've ever had in my life. Besides death.
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I think sex is a very minor part of most romance novels.
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I’ll wait for you… but I’ll be happy when you’re gone.
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It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.
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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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The building of this site would not be possible without the courageous decision by President Bush to liberate Iraq. This building is not only a compound for the embassy but a symbol of the deep friendship between the two peoples of Iraq and America.
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I haven't a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming petty vices whatsoever.
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The way these things go, there are probably 6 or 8 kludgey ways to do it, and a better way that involves rethinking something that hasn't been rethunk yet.
