Linus Torvalds Quotes
Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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I love myself. Anything that has my name I'm tickled to death.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good music.
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
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I fed my ego, but not my soul.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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He took me under his wing when I first came to the Rams and taught me everything – his technique in the pass rush, how to play off blockers, and how to make the big play.
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So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here.
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It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'
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A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free.
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The function of the university is not simply to teach bread-winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization.
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As for hobbies, people with stimulating hobbies suffer from the most noxious of despairs since they are tranquilized in their despair.
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I grew up in a small town in Kansas, so I love meeting the fans. Those are the people who spend time out of their day to watch the things that I've done, and I've gotten to do some great supernatural stuff - 'Teen Wolf' and 'The Gates' before that - so it's nice when I get to go to Comic-Con every year.
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I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, 'What is it called?' I was like, 'Peaky Blinders,' and they were like, 'What?' It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there's an instant intrigue about the name.
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All of my books have been about authentic Italian food in Italy and bringing that message about simple and authentic food.
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Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.
