Larry Wall Quotes
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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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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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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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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
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We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.
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They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'
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I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.
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After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.
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Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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I have two very cogent reasons for not printing any list of subscribers; - one, that I have lost all the names, - the other, that I have spent all the money.
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It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you will always have more money.
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I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving.
