Linus Torvalds Quotes
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I would have never signed the Patriot Act. I would have never signed the National Defense Authorization Act allowing for arrests and detainment of you and me as U.S. citizens without being charged.
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I didn't start working out until college. But in college I could feel my body changing, and I knew that if I didn't make some changes, I was going to go in the wrong direction.
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
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Some of the best ideas that we've invested in have made no sense to conventional sources.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
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We became convinced that, regardless of Stalin's awful brutality and his reign of terror, he was a great war leader. Without Stalin, they never would have held.
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According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.
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'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation grew up on that show, Luke and Laura, I came in on the cusp of that so there's still a lot of 'Frisco.'
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No one wants to hear my perspective on politics, but I think honestly as you get older, you get more interested in it.
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I guess I don't take my stardom too seriously. I think I am one of the guys.
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I enjoyed being anonymous.
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We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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As governor of California in 1970, Reagan endeared himself to millions of conservatives nationwide when he publicly rebuked the anti-war movement that was exploding on college campuses.
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I never cared about whatever tragic event happened in China. It's faraway decoration, even if in blood and plague.
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I thought I was in loveA couple of times beforeWith the girl next door.But that was long before I met you.Now I'm sure that I won't forget you.And I thank my lucky starsThat you are who you are.And not just another lovely ladySent down to break my heart.
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We should leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth, and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war, and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern, and good intentions.
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Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.
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It's fun to be the guy everybody looks to.
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The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level.
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If you look at Japanese drama, I think there is definitely a treasure trove of it, but I just don't think that people know about it. It's got to be pitched and presented better.
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Anyway, seeking work is a tad difficult given the poor design of the streets with their prohibitive curbs and driveways that don't quite line up.
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I allege that SCO is full of it.
