Larry Wall Quotes
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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Their crew for 'Arrow' is just one of the most wonderful crews that I've worked with. I know that actors say that all the time, and it sounds like trash coming out of my own mouth, but it's so true.
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Islam has been badly used by a certain ideology.
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If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard.
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It's always good to walk in a room and know everybody kind of looks up to you because I guess I've earned it.
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I think that building any product that has a lot of user loyalty is a bit like making a sequel to a great movie or video game - people generally want 'more of the same thing, except better and different.'
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I set our house on fire when I was a little child playing with lighters. Boy, did I burn the place down!
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I've been lucky enough to kiss three James Bonds on screen: Pierce Brosnan, George Lazenby and Daniel Craig.
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I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can't imagine going through that. If you know that's going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I'd rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?
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I have a record as governor. I have a record of cutting spending. And I talked yesterday not only about we ought to cut spending, I talked about how we've cut spending in Mississippi and how if you did the same things in the federal government, you would save tens of billions of dollars a year.
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My keen love of travel was seldom hindered by Father. He permitted me, even as a mere boy, to visit many cities and pilgrimage spots.
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Against what should fire be opened? Against the obstacles which may delay the march of infantry. The first obstacle is the enemy gun. It will be the first objective assigned to artillery masses.
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Our 'pathway' is straight to the ballot box, with no variableness nor shadow of turning...We demand in the Reconstruction suffrage for all the citizens of the Republic. I would not talk of Negroes or women, but of citizens.
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It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all.
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The manager is to be blamed who distributes parts to his players which they are unable to act.
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I guess I've grown to admire Queen Elizabeth II more. I've always struggled with my feelings about the Royal Family. I am a supporter. I'm not someone who thinks we should get rid of them. But what I've struggled with is the lack of emotionality that the Queen seems to share.
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It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
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I'm not going to get upset because somebody said something bad about me.
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At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.