Larry Wall Quotes
: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .]Gee, it took me about eleven years.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
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We should expand health savings accounts so people can save in a tax-advantaged way for more routine healthcare needs.
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I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.
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With 'Trainwreck,' because it wasn't live and we could do more takes, I feel like we broke a lot.
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I think heartbreak is something that you learn to live with as opposed to learn to forget.
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I like the action business. I like the action movies. I guess Hollywood wants to see me do action. So I am down. I like it.
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Now, a fancy ball is bad enough in London, where milliners are many, and where theatres have costumes that may be borrowed or copied ; but in the country, where people are left to their own devices-truly to them may be applied the old poet's account of murderers, 'their fancies are all frightful.'
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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The better the singer's voice is, the harder it is to believe what they're saying. So I turn my weaknesses into an advantage.
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I can hang with the dudes because I love beef and baseball and driving fast and flirting. I understand where men are coming from, and I'm interested in typically male endeavors. But I can also wear the short skirt and cheerlead.
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A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.
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I love layers!
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It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.
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It's all about the mood I'm in and the scene I'm writing. 'Cause work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. So I don't listen to any music that's not an influence on what I'm working on that day. Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.
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To me, that's one of the things that I love about doing this stuff. One day I can work on this piece in watercolor, and then work on something else on the computer, or work on something else that's a completely different approach.
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Women have been writing strong women characters for a long time - hello, Maxine Hong Kingston! - it's just taken mainstream comics a really long while to catch up.
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I only get to spend about six to eight weeks in Australia now and I really miss my family and friends.
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The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all great artists have renounced the use of effects. And in simplifying nature, they made it all the greater.
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Coding is the language of the future, and every girl should learn it. As I've learned from watching girls grow and learn in our classrooms, coding is fun, collaborative and creative.
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: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .]Gee, it took me about eleven years.
