Larry Wall Quotes
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I think beauty can be everywhere.
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Those who incline to very strictly utilitarian views may perhaps feel that the peculiar powers of the Analytical Engine bear upon questions of abstract and speculative science rather than upon those involving everyday and ordinary human interests.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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I love red or deep purple lips for events.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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I'm not one of those people that wears something once and tosses it aside. I wear my shoes until they beg to be thrown away. Parting is such sweet sorrow - and then it's onto the next pair.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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We all thought we'd have flying cars by now, but we don't.
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In the late '70s, I was falling into the middle lane. I was way too country to be rock, and way too rock to be a country act.
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Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.
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I was a complete brat but was an angel with my mother. I used to be perfectly behaved, and my mother used to be like... 'Really, are you badly behaved with other people?' I was like, 'No, not at all.' But the minute she used to leave the room, I was a brat.
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On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
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Some think the only way to get even, to get attention or advantage, or to win is to bash people. This kind of behavior is never appropriate. Oftentimes character and reputation and almost always self-esteem are destroyed under the hammer of this vicious practice.
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I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else.
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We all wanted to copy Vivien Leigh.
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Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
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I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.
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The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.
