Linus Torvalds Quotes
Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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Don't most of us agree that providing school meals to kids who need them is an overwhelmingly good thing? After all, nutrition is essential to proper cognitive development.
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Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches.
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The first complaint we hear from everyone is: 'Why would I want to join this stupid useless thing and know what my brother's eating for lunch?' But that really misses the point because Twitter is fundamentally recipient-controlled - you choose to listen and you choose to leave. But you also choose what to put down and what to share.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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I want to expand the compassionate conservative agenda. I believe life begins in the womb, and we should protect it. But it extends to a child in Darfur or someone living in poverty.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.
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Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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I first learned the power of trust in the CIA. There is no question that when I joined the Agency as a covert operations officer, it was still run along the 'old boys' network' model.
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There are a few things that I will hopefully be credited for as a pioneer. One is my four-mallet playing. Another one is the starting what was first called jazz rock in 1967 when I started my first band, later became jazz fusion by the 1970s.
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The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
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How strange women are.
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We'd traveled, we'd been to lots of parties, lots of movies and concerts, we'd slept in. We'd done all those things that people with children seem to miss so passionately. We didn't want those things anymore. We wanted a baby.
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People say I'm a disgrace to the human race. I love overweight women when they sit on my face.
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Law without penalty is only advise.
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Real quality means making sure that people are proud of the code they write, that they're involved and taking it personally.
