Larry Wall Quotes
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I feel like if I live the Christian life, then the people should be able to see it in my everyday actions.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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My couch is made of cat's hair. The cushions have been obscured, and it's made of salt-and-pepper fur. I can't have visitors. I can't ask people to sit on that couch because they become implicated in the furriness of it, and they're walking around, and it's not fair to people.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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The lower caste people were killed as part of a conspiracy to dismiss my party's government.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Traditionally with debut albums, labels insist on a face, so people know who you are.
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You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research.
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I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
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These people have elevated audacity to symphonic and operatic levels. The Florida Supreme Court relied on new law to resolve the election dispute down there.
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The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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I think, ultimately, open always wins out. It wins out because you cannot lock data in; you can't lock people in. They will find a way out.
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When I came up in hip hop, there was no such thing as a Puerto Rican rapper doing hip hop for many mainstream people, so I was the ship, the captain, and the crew.
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People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved.
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There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
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Broad City's first season is full of moments that are insane... and yet make total sense.
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Being in front of the camera is a lot of hard work, and I'm not cut out for it.
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Louis C. K. is one of my all time favorite standup comedians.
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There's some entertainment value in watching people juggle nitroglycerin.
