Larry Wall Quotes
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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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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What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
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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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I work in a hostile atmosphere, and my voters are the only strength I have.
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I just think that it's such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it's not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always.
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Sometimes when I play that old six-string, I think about you, wonder what went wrong.
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My wife has been incredibly supportive of me as a writer. Trying really hard to make sure I get the space and time I need to work as a writer and being willing to make some of the sacrifices that you have to make to live the life of an artist.
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I hit it fairly decent today. I didn't hit it great. I gave myself a lot of opportunities, which I was able to capitalize on early, and just keep the momentum going through the round.
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
