Linus Torvalds Quotes
'Regression testing'? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.

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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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I never smoked. I never drank and I never took drugs. The funny thing is, nothing is more boring, people like this. For me, it's OK. But most of my friends, at least they smoke and drink.
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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we'd be, like, talking about some movies or something.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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We really tried hard not to make it a cricket book, it appeals to a much wider community.
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I hope we've got a lot of fairways and greens. We'll go from there.
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Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the Prophets, whether those prophets are Mohammed, God's peace and blessing be upon Him, or Moses or the other prophets of the Books.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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Yes, I'm a 'Twi-hard.' I became obsessed. Absolutely obsessed. I didn't watch television, I didn't go to the cinema. My friends would ring and say: 'What are you doing?' And I would say: 'I've just got to finish this chapter.'
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We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.
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In Jaipur, I did almost everything from regional theatre to Shakespeare's plays. But when I shifted to Mumbai, I joined Anupam Kher's academy, Actor Prepares,to hone my acting skills.
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She was a soprano of the kind often used for augmenting grief at a funeral.
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I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.
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I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard.
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You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.
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'Regression testing'? What's that? If it compiles, it is good; if it boots up, it is perfect.