Linus Torvalds Quotes
It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.
Quotes to Explore
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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I don't know that there is a, quote, 'hip-hop lifestyle.' I think the music responds to complex social issues and injustices; I think it also raises complex social questions.
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.
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A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.
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Abuse is the means in which violence retards love.
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We get caught up in all the stress - 'Got to do this, is this the right thing for me to do?' - but what about the thing you want to do? That's what'll keep you young. It's empowering, not becoming a prisoner of some other person's idea of what you should be.
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You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way of life; the important part of writing is living. You have to live in such a way that your writing emerges from it.
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I think all writers are mainly writing for themselves because I believe that most writers are writing based on a need to write. But at the same time, I feel that writers are, of course, writing for their readers, too.
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It was such a relief to program in user mode for a change. Not having to care about the small stuff is wonderful.
