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People who are doing things for fun do things the right way by themselves.

Linus Torvalds

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Linus Torvalds
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: December 28
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Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.
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If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system.
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I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.
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I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people, too), I tend to try to not be too serious about it. And most of the time it means that I can take criticism constructively, and sometimes just change my opinion on the fly and laugh at myself over having turned on a dime.
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If you start doing things because you hate others and want to screw them over, the end result is bad.
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Portability is for people who cannot write new programs.
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