Larry Wall Quotes
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Most Americans probably have no idea how hostile anti-abortion sidewalk counseling outside clinics can be. There's a reason pro-choicers volunteer to escort patients as they make their way past angry crowds to the clinic door.
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I think a woman looks best in a sari.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.
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You have to think hard with a tattoo. 'What will I love for the rest of my life?'
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I'm not one of these people who want to tear down our heroes and that kind of thing.
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I like to say it's an attitude of not just thinking outside the box, but not even seeing the box.
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You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.
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There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.
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I'm happiest when I'm discussing a script and working with interesting people.
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All the dreamers in all the world are dizzy in the noodle.
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One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.
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I think this sets a very bad precedent, the president unilaterally on his own starting war without any consent from Congress.
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The Biblical words about the genesis of heaven and earth are not words of information but words of appreciation. The story of creation is not a description of how the world came into being but a song about the glory of the world's having come into being.
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Jesse Vincent: My dog is Web 2.0. Prove me wrong.Larry: Does your dog have a long tail?Damian Conway: If you enjoyed these practices, find 245 more like this in this book.Larry: Does your dog have a long tail?
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What Woman needs is not as a woman to act or rule, but as a nature to grow, as an intellect to discern, as a soul to live freely and unimpeded.
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It is an astonishing feat of deciphering that we should have been able to infer an orderly scheme of natural knowledge from such indirect communication.
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Lies are as important as truth, for without lies, the truth is worthless.
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I really like being on set when you've all moved on a job because it makes you bond very quickly. You're all out of your time and comfort zone, so you kind of only have each other.
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African continent GMs do exist; but, according to the system of racial classification, I am the first Black GM in history...it matters, and doesn't matter, all at the same time.
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All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may perhaps seem unjust that all their beautiful ideas get no other recognition than a zero on the tournament table.
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In New York, a 13-year-old Indian girl came up to me crying, saying to everyone nearby, 'This is where I come from.' It's easy to forget that actors have the ability to instill a sense of self in viewers. That's the greatest compliment.
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Just don't create a file called -rf.
