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Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

Larry Wall

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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There's a saying in the software design industry: Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two.
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You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.
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In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
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A lazy person will try to always find some way to do something they'll always be looking for ways of doing something faster, more efficiently, and if you really want to control the world, that's a really sort of hubristic notion - excessive pride, the thing that Zeus zaps you for having.
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I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.
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If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
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For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.
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Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.
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I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
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I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
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