Larry Wall Quotes
And in the limiting case where the optimizer is completely broken because it's not implemented yet, we get to work around that too. Optionally...
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If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.
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The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head.
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I love football, football is my life.
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I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
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Most people don't really understand what it takes to get a film made, and the struggles .I think anyone who makes a film goes through their own set of struggles.
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I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.
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I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.
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Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.'
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I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
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I have never gotten my nails done.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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The thing that scares me is a place like the Amazon – which is the size of the continental U.S. and mostly unexplored and has a different ecosystem, there are so many things in there that can kill you.
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I try to keep the more uninteresting stuff to a minimum, unless I'm really broke.
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Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
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Investors are always biased to invest in things they themselves understand. So venture capitalists like Uber because they like driving in black town cars. They don't like Airbnb because they like staying in five-star hotels, not sleeping on people's couches.
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I'm normally the least busy person I know.
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I'm inspired to work with good actors, period. I want to work with the best anytime because I think they'll make me better.
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And in the limiting case where the optimizer is completely broken because it's not implemented yet, we get to work around that too. Optionally...
