Larry Wall Quotes
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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If a writer is to tell his own story - tell it slowly, and as if it were a story about other people - if he is to feel the power of the story rise up inside him, if he is to sit down at a table and patiently give himself over to this art - this craft - he must first have been given some hope.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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I don't study; I create.
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If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed.
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It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.
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I'm a guy, but I'm not afraid to cry. Not all of the time. But when I'm watching a movie, I'll sometimes shed a tear, especially 'Moulin Rouge'.
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I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek.
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I know the consequences of my decisions. I've said no to the biggest of brands. So when I say no to something, I know how much business I will lose out on.
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I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
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As I have encountered difficult moments in my own life, I have been privileged to learn from the great men I have come to know as a writer.
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Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.
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I like to think of Everest as a great mountaineering challenge, and when you've got people just streaming up the mountain - well, many of them are just climbing it to get their name in the paper, really.
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I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.
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I don't know how to say easily what I learned. One thing I can say I learned is how amazing photography could be.
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Microsoft develops a lot of software that allows people to realize their potential.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
