Linus Torvalds Quotes
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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Parts of the world can be very hostile to differences, social or artistic.
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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Gods always love the people who make em.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
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I love 'Jane Eyre,' and I love the Bronte sisters. I actually didn't read any of them until I was in college, so I don't have quite the same connection with them that I think a lot of women do.
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I didn't spend a lot of time with prison guards, but my father was an assistant district attorney for a long time so I was always hearing stories about prisoners and prison guards.
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He wasn't interested in meeting the kind of women who would come to one of those places looking for the kind of man who hoped to meet a woman there.
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Sir, I just think that's it's fucking brilliant that you somehow managed to tie Chuck Norris, Chewbacca the Wookie, and Jesus Christ together.
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California, California Soon I'll be with you watching your sunset in the evening Movies and show plays, beaches and free ways California, from my home I'll be leaving
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From time immemorial, people have talked about peace without achieving it. Do we simply lack enough experience? Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. . . . War may be too much a part of history to be eliminated-ever.
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I've got to watch my back, so I can't put on too much weight.
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If I'm in a state about a book, I'll get up at 6 A.M. and write before breakfast, but usually I'll start afterwards and then work a full day with a break for lunch.
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To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.
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Humans are lazy but not stupid.
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I don't think any of us know how we would react until we were put in a situation where we have to do something bad or do something good. I think I'd like to believe I'd act like a decent human being, but I'm realistic to know I don't know.
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The elites have become international, and they've ceased to have a primary loyalty to the nation-state.
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Superstition is the poison of the mind.
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Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.
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Your greatest weapon is your enemy's mind.
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Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did.
