"At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language."

-- Larry Wall

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“When the old creeds are threadbare, and worn through, And all too narrow for the broadening soul, Give me the fine, firm texture of the new, Fair, beautiful and whole!”
“Slobodan Milosevic was just as smart as a five-year-old. Five-year-olds have an uncanny way of getting into your psyche, your self-esteem.”
“I was well acquainted with the Calcutta literary circle since I was 17, when I lived in Bangladesh and published and edited a little magazine called 'Sejuti,' for which young poets from both Bengals wrote. If you look at my life, there is no question of using anyone for anything. I have only got banned, blacklisted and banished.”
“These three brothers were not afforded the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law. They were not given a fair and public trial. Paramilitaries, under the command of senior Ministry of Interior officials, denied them these rights and shot them in cold blood.”
“The label of liberalism is hardly a sentence to public ignominy: otherwise Bruce Springsteen would still be rehabilitating used Cadillacs in Asbury Park and Jane Fonda, for all we know, would be just another overweight housewife.”
“All men seek one goal: success or happiness.”
“I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.”

Source : "'Indie Darling' Greta Gerwig, Making A Bigger Splash". Interview with Robert Siegel, nhpr.org. April 11, 2012.
“As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.”

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