Linus Torvalds Quotes
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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None of our series are ever static in terms of the dates. We always have a range of flexibility to respond to whatever may or may not happen.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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There's more student debt than credit card debt! Everywhere I go, I run into young people trying to build careers while they keep shelling out money on their education loans. If the economy is looking for a new generation of home-buyers, I can't imagine they'll get it from these folks.
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One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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The fun of sitting around Pangong Lake with 40 guys around a fireplace, having a glass of wine... staying in one camp together... that's an experience. Waking up at 5 in the morning, watching the sun come up. You don't do these things in Bombay.
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Good direction is often based on the ability to communicate.
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The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.
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I think everyone lifts themselves that little bit extra for the Tour de France, being the pinnacle of our cycling calendar.
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I do not wish to die- There is such contingent beauty in life: The open window on summer mornings Looking out on gardens and green things growing, The shadowy cups of roses flowering to themselves- Images of time and eternity- Silence in the garden and felt along the walls.
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I'm always right. This time I'm just even more right than usual.
