Larry Wall Quotes
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Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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In the future, I want to do an action movie! I'm going to get in shape, get ripped, and have my Chris Pratt transformation. And then become a movie star like that.
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I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.
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Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.
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If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
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Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.
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On my grandmother's chicken farm, they had cows, and they had this big metal container that the cows drank out of, and we used to swim in it. And we used to get into the chicken feed bins and dive through them.
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When it comes to investing, there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all portfolio.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.
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You could go out with a camcorder tomorrow and make a movie with virtually no money, but promoting a tiny low-budget movie costs $20 million. And the money they spend on the big movies is astronomical.
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I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.
