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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I hate the hand that comes out of a car and just drops litter in the street. I hate that! For some reason, it just fills me with fury! It's just utter laziness, lack of interest in other people, lack of interest in the planet, in the hedgehog who might eat the plastic bag, it's a lack of concern.
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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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If I'd had some set idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?
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I don't think Obama will get re-elected.
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Whoever desires is always poor.
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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.
