"Making Linux GPL'd was definitely the best thing I ever did."

-- Linus Torvalds

“What about your constitutional right to bear arms, you say. I would simply point out that you donâ€™t have to exercise a constitutional right just because you have it. You have the constitutional right to run for president of the United States, but most people have too much sense to insist on exercising it.”
“You see, in sports you have so many things that aren't expected. There's so much uncertainty. So when players find themselves in a situation where management has a great deal of integrity and they can depend on my word or anybody else's word in the organization, they feel secure. And if the players feel secure, they don't want to leave here. And if they don't want to leave here, they're going to do everything they can on the court to stay here.”
“Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.”

Source : Jean Kerr (1959). “Please Don't Eat the Daisies”
“Now, it's common knowledge that most towns of a certain size have a witch, if only to eat misbehaving children and the occasional puppy who wanders into her yard.”

Source : "Fictional character: Edward Bloom". Big Fish, 2003.
“I wouldn't even like to begin to define God - I have absolutely no idea. But what I feel, and what touches me, is a great spiritual power, which I don't even want to name. If I had to, I would say God, because I don't know any other.”
“Being busy does not always mean real work.”
“Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be Stands in Confusion.”

Source : "My inspiration: Caroline Lawrence on Mark Twain" by Caroline Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2014.
“The heart is a place of secrets...”

Source : Naguib Mahfouz (2016). “Arabian Nights and Days”, p.70, Anchor

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