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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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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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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Today's possibilities are not tomorrows guarantees.
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I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.
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Because you're a crime writer you're asked to have a point of view on a lot of things, and I'm uncomfortable having public opinions on things that are not my professional area.
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I have always wanted to do a feature film that brings the world of Lisa Frank to life. We have so much backstory on our characters, and they have been alive in my imagination since the beginning.
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: I could understand principles of Perl source in 2-3 days [. . .]Gee, it took me about eleven years.
