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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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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Our history is not our destiny.
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There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.
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Shipwrecks are incredible mysteries.
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I'm an old-fashioned guy.
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I never think of the reader. I am curious about things; I need to find out, so off I go.
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: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .]Gee, it took me about eleven years.
