Larry Wall Quotes
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Indeed, our British friends have decided to leave us - which is very sad for all of us - but life goes on, and the European Union as well goes on.
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My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
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For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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Pasta with melted cheese is the one thing I could eat over and over again.
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A well begun is half ended.
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I lost my job in the most public way possible, and the press had a field day with it all over the world. And guess what? I'm still here.
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And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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I have a strange relationship with influences because mine are mostly literary or painters or poets, who I'll even quote. I don't do tributes to cinema.
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I didn't want people to think I'm just in the movies, where you make money and wait around for 13 hours before you get to do 20 minutes of work.
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I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.
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My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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If I'm happy with what I'm putting out and proud of it - that is becoming enough for me. It's testing myself, but I'm ready to do it, whereas I wasn't ready before. Sometimes it's feigned confidence, but if I make a decision, I can do anything.
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I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.
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Sci-fi fans are awesome. They're very smart, they like to be involved, they like to ask questions. I've been asked questions I don't even know the answer to. I've never had any aggressive interactions. I've had lovely interactions.
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The hardest thing in golf is trying to two-putt when you have to, because your brain isn't wired that way. You're accustomed to trying to make putts, and when you change that mind-set, your brain short-circuits, especially under pressure.
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The more dollars the studio producers put in, the less freedom we have. If the budget hits $100m, they get scared - they'll take the existing score of a successful movie and expect composers to copy it, like wallpaper. The biggest challenge for any composer in Hollywood is to be as creative as possible within those boundaries.
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When I began working in not-for-profits, it was taking a vow of poverty, which eliminated huge numbers of folks.
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My life has been devoted to arms, yet I look upon war at all times, and under all circumstances, as a national calamity to be avoided if compatible with national honor.
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I will suffer the agony if that is to be my lot.
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Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.
