Larry Wall Quotes
Randal said it would be tough to do in sed. He didn't say he didn't understand sed. Randal understands sed quite well. Which is why he uses Perl.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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All my books are optimistic!
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.
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I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
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The films I like to watch are when they make it relatable to human audiences.
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I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him.
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The birthplace of 'Western' civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.
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The United States has no socialist party, or no socialist party has been in power. That is the reason why it has always been the country of last resort for every currency.
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When I saw 'My Fair Lady,' I was surprised at how mean and misogynistic Henry was. Maybe that's why it's dropping out of public consciousness.
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Randal said it would be tough to do in sed. He didn't say he didn't understand sed. Randal understands sed quite well. Which is why he uses Perl.
