Larry Wall Quotes
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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Scientists are doing an awful lot of damage to the world in the name of helping it. I don't mind attacking my own fraternity because I am ashamed of it.
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I always try to look for the hidden face of the character, the hidden face that we all have.
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?
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I just write the stuff I want to at the time, what feels right for me.
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I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.
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Quite absurd, because Caleb has absolutely no taste for fornication. He never has had. So lucky, being a clergyman.
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Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.
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I'll battle this bitter finale,Just me, my dignity and this guitar case.
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I feel like if you told me I would be having a son, I would be like, 'Yeah, I'm gonna be a parent - I get that.' But when the doctor was like, 'You're gonna have a girl,' I was like, 'What? Who am I?' It's the craziest piece of information that changes who you are. It's sweet.
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The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality.
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The church which ceases to be evangelistic will soon cease to be evangelical.
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We didn't have the phrase 'style icon' when I was young, but I have to say, I really copied Bob Dylan when I was younger: a little bit of Bob Dylan or a lot of Bob Dylan and the French symbolist poets - I liked how they dressed - and Catholic school boys.
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Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.
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Coming in, I had no idea basketball would be a career for me, but I grew 7 inches in college and was fortunate to have a great career in the NBA. The experience taught me about service, what our great country was built on, the sacrifices people have made, how to work together and trust the people around you to accomplish a great goal.
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Chaos is a creative place to work from.
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A lot of times I play the villain or the comic relief, and I get to kind of play the comic relief to a degree, which is fun, but I also get to say, "You are created in the image in God. You are a perfect child of God. And this part of you is the heart of who you are. You're not alone, and you're okay just the way you are."
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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
