Larry Wall Quotes
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I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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I love puffins. They are small, round gothic birds, and their babies are called pufflings.
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We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends.
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Ultimately love is everything.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
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The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.
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We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.
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Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
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I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.
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When I moved to Atlanta, I felt like an outsider - away from my friends and family except for the LGBTQ community.
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A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.
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I have a ball - and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That's my core business, and that's where I'll always return.
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Writers are outsiders, and usually not by their own choosing. It’s why they’re writers. If they didn’t feel alienated from human experience, they wouldn’t feel so drawn to writing to make sense of their lives. It’s not the outsider’s facility for language that makes her a writer — many a student body president or homecoming queen can turn a phrase — but her ability to howl at the moon, on the page.
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Besides, it's good to force C programmers to use the toolbox occasionally.
