Larry Wall Quotes
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The only reason that it takes me seven years to do stuff is because I just don't really have a plan.
Fiona Apple -
You can express your generosity in ways that are virtually limitless. This was what I wanted to convey in 'Giving 2.0' - that whether you have $10 or $10 million to give, if you identify the right opportunities and make the most of your resources, your impact can be tremendous.
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen -
When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.
Dana Boente -
I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
Patricia McBride -
I have to remind myself when I'm on a job and I'm feeling a lull in attitude or confidence or whatever, I'm there for a reason. I have to constantly remind myself of these almost corny Pinterest mantras, like 'You are worthy.'
Paloma Elsesser -
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
Flora Lewis
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I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and as soon as you flinch, you get your head cut off. I'm not afraid of losing this business.
Yvon Chouinard -
Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'
Randall Munroe -
Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out.
T. Boone Pickens -
'Beauty Queen' is the weirdest, strangest, and most perfect play to do before 'Hedda Gabler', because there are so many similar issues for Maureen and Hedda. I had played leading ladies before but couldn't really hook into them. After 'An American Daughter' and 'Beauty Queen', I had all the ballast.
Kate Burton -
In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely.
Laura Hillenbrand -
Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over.
Tara Lipinski
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I collect books - a lot of books.
Kate Spade -
It is a weird thing that actors have people applaud when they're done working. I still find that entertaining.
Val Kilmer -
I've not given them (the poor people of Bihar) heaven, but I've given them a voice.
Lalu Prasad Yadav -
Today, I am no longer concerned with photography as an art form. I believe it is potentially the best medium for explaining man to himself and his fellow man.
Edward Steichen -
Nobody is forgotten, when it is convenient to remember him.
Benjamin Disraeli -
Working on TV can be quite insular.
Matt Bomer
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I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.
Christina Ricci -
Everybody in my band is married, pretty much, and have lives at home, and I don't want them to be away from their families so long that they just start to feel psychotic. You have to go home and stand around in your bathrobe doing your dishes to feel like a normal person sometimes.
Neko Case -
I was so terrified for so long about what people think about my sexuality, and I didn't wanna find myself in a position where I was losing my fans and couldn't do my job.
Anzia Yezierska -
I love math and was a math teacher for many years, so it was fun for me to write several math books, including 'Fraction Fun,' 'Calculator Riddles,' and 'Shape Up!' 'Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons.'
David A. Adler -
I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.
Larry Wall