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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Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.
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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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When you're rich and famous you are the dominant force in a relationship, even if you try hard not to be. I've talked of sacrificing everything for Fleetwood Mac, but I realize now that it is simply the only thing I've ever wanted to do.
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You always overestimate what you can get done in a year and underestimate what you can get done in 10 years.
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How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or a city doing it?
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I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
