Linus Torvalds Quotes
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, interviewer (1998‐03-02). First Monday Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates free software developers?. Retrieved on 2013-06-02.
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I don't ever want to stop making country, and I don't want to stop making electronic music, either.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
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We're going to test with the same car, but we have a new car ready.
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I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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When you know that people know who you are, you are always working - and not the work you want to do. You are sort of performing, because you know they are looking - or at least glancing - at you.
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There's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering.
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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I think it is all about finding ways to challenge yourself.
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I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.
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I've got some wonderful memories of the 2011 Copa America. It was a very special tournament.
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I vote far-left. I am frequently angered by corporate greed and think education ought to be free and teachers paid well.
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I don't understand why they trippin', If you ask me, Flow is just as nice as, I admit the propane, I just spit, probably, Just raise the gas prices, Everybody in the club, Try and get as fresh as me, What you want dog, Trying to stay recession free, And spit, refreshly.
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I have walked with people whose eyes are full of light but who see nothing in sea or sky, nothing in city streets, nothing in books. It were far better to sail forever in the night of blindness with sense, and feeling, and mind, than to be content with the mere act of seeing. The only lightless dark is the night of darkness in ignorance and insensibility.
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Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, interviewer (1998‐03-02). First Monday Interview with Linus Torvalds: What motivates free software developers?. Retrieved on 2013-06-02.
