Linus Torvalds Quotes
I'd like to say that I knew this would happen, that it's all part of the plan for world domination.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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I'm a runner first before anything else.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
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Economists have the same occupational hazard as baseball managers and football coaches: Every person on the street knows their job better than they do.
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Empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes. It is not learned in school; it is cultivated over a lifetime.
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My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did.
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Medicine is about disease and what makes people die. Chiropractic is about life and what makes people live.
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A Wall Street money manager should not be able to pay a lower tax rate than a teacher or a nurse.
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I'd like to say that I knew this would happen, that it's all part of the plan for world domination.
