Larry Wall Quotes
You tell it that it's indicative by appending $!. That's why we made $! such a short variable name, after all.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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I think I hid my singing talent from a lot of my friends at school because I didn't want to alienate anyone. If everyone was singing along in the car to a Madonna song, I didn't join in because when we're younger we're afraid of sticking out or showing off, when in fact we should own those things that make us really unique.
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All my books are optimistic!
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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Global issues require common responses: Only together we can create the conditions to defeat Daesh and al Qaeda, block channels for terrorist financing, tackle foreign terrorist fighters.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've kind of, sort of figured out how to write a book a little bit better. But the process remains not that different - slow; laborious; tiny, incremental progress each day, punctuated by feelings of despair and self-loathing.
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I'm normal. I just had a different occupation for a while, and when you're in a different occupation, you have to carry yourself a different way. Most of my art is me bringing you stories from that era of my life. My life now is kind of boring.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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When reporters say to me I'm only doing this because it's my job... that's the same abdication of moral responsibility at the thin end of the wedge that in its most extreme and horrific version ends up with others being prepared to stand as a concentration camp guard.
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The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.
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I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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I think the story is important in every business. Why do you exist, why are you here, why is your product different, why should I pay attention, why should I care?
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You tell it that it's indicative by appending $!. That's why we made $! such a short variable name, after all.
