Larry Wall Quotes
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
Jackie DeShannon -
Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
Bear Grylls -
In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
Uday Kotak -
My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
Carice van Houten -
You can always find stress in someone's life if you want to. You ask a few questions, and eventually, it's, 'Yes, I admit, I was worried about something recently.'
Barry Marshall -
I've been in elementary education for years and my belief is that Christmas pageants in schools are little more than conditioning kids for the Christian religion.
Jack Bowman
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We run around so much - with the best intentions: I want to save the rain forest. I've gotta clean up the oceans. I've gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you're not centered and you don't have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you're not going to do a very good job.
Ed Begley, Jr. -
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
Walter Jon Williams -
It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
Adam Brown -
You can never get enough of what you don't want.
Wayne Dyer -
A pulp story without a detective and, obviously, somebody for him to do battle with is unthinkable, and I can't remember reading a pulp story that didn't have a dame - either a good girl or a bad girl.
Otto Penzler -
I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.
Mae West
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I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.
Dan Quinn -
Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
Yoko Ono -
I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.
Damian Lewis -
Letters have been found with my name on assassination lists.
Naguib Sawiris -
It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
Natalie Merchant -
Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.
Deborah Bull
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Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out.
Dee Dee Myers -
I engage and after that I see what to do.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
One extra benefit to remember: safety + belonging + mattering = trust.
Christine Comaford -
You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them!
Larry Wall