Larry Wall Quotes
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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You have giant Facebook, which wants people to be more engaged, and they also want to grow and trade different things, including content.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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Political correctness has become a straightjacket.
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Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.
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I'm not big on remakes.
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I always have stress.
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Sometimes, trying to make a work of art can be very difficult and very painful.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
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There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
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For Black Label Special Opps, adversity is what you thrive on. General Patton is a huge fan favorite in Black Label.
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Guys are so visual.
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I found people were telling stories to themselves without knowing it. It seemed to me that people were living a sort of small sermon that they believed in, but at the same time it was a fairy tale. Selfish desires, along with one or two highly suspect elevated thoughts. They secretly regard themselves as works of art, valuable in themselves.
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I am only interested in the views of two people: one is called Bresson and one called Bergman.
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This gets better, it really does. The odd thing is, I actually think you might be telling the truth. If you were going to lie, you’d at least come up with something that made sense.
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I had to turn down a part in 'Empire of the Sun.' It would have paid £15,000, which was a year's earnings for me then, but I was offered a season at the 'National Theatre.'
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The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we're shooting four or five scenes in a day, and it's very exhilarating, but you worry at the end of the day that you missed some details because you were moving too quick, and you just gotta trust and be ready straightaway.
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'Friends' started because Rachel left her husband at the altar. This likability factor is just so stupid to me. It's the same thing as 'wish-fulfillment,' which is a big word you hear in a lot of Hollywood rooms. It basically means that people want to see other people living a life they can't lead, and I don't buy that. I think that's not true.
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You can only generate ideas when you put pencil to paper, brush to canvas... when you actually do something physical.
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They've started this filthy floodlit cricket with cricketers wearing tin hats and advertisements for contraceptives on their boots.
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I poke fun of everybody and everything. And who's easier to make fun of than your mother?
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All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory...
