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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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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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'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.
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It can be difficult to discuss America’s immigration policies when it’s considered racist merely to say, ‘We liked America the way it was.'
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'Santa Monica' was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But it's not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.
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The things that I've learned is, try to make all the mistakes with your own money and on a small level so that when you are responsible for a partner's money or assets, you've learned, and you don't make bigger mistakes.
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I had to learn that a good actor, like an iceberg, reveals only a small part of his ability on the surface. You suggest; you don't serve on a platter. You hold back. You don't expose it all to view. That's the way to put the audience's imagination to work.
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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.
