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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.
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For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.
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I procrastinate, but mostly because there's always too many things to do, and I got the stew in my mind that things do bubble up, so I'll throw things in there and let them stew around. It's sort of like greasing the squeaky wheels in my own brain.
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Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
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I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
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I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.
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