Linus Torvalds Quotes
We don't merge kernel code just because user space was written by a retarded monkey on crack.
Quotes to Explore
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I write fast. But it takes me a while to get going. It's very important for me to see my whole plot. I have to see the end first because I like a surprise in the end. Which is why I let characters and plot gestate in my mind.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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Children are the world's future, and we need to take care of them like we would any precious resource.
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Simultaneous recording with superimposed ionization chambers and Wilson chambers, ionization chambers and sets of counting tubes, has not yet been carried out.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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The smuggling and distribution of misbranded drugs and medical devices of uncertain foreign origin has the potential for serious harm to patients.
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Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
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You know what, I'm a big coward and I'm really afraid of live audiences.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.
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Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons; some of them dig into deep things that I've been going through - there's a joy that I think people feel from my music and, hopefully, from my performance because I am so in love with doing what I do.
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I studied writing at university, and I actually majored in screenwriting. Then I went to work as a bookseller and then as a sales rep and publicist and then various editorial jobs until I ended up with HarperCollins in Australia.
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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
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Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
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Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do.
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To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.
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Walking uplifts the spirit. Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress, and worry; breathe in the power of God. Send forth little silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the thousands of miles of earth beneath your feet; think of the limitless expanse of space above your head. Walk in awe, wonder, and humility. Walk at all times of day. In the early morning when the world is just waking up. Late at night under the stars. Along a busy city street at noontime.
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We don't merge kernel code just because user space was written by a retarded monkey on crack.
