"So the HP guy comes up to me (at the Melbourne conference) and he says, 'If you say nasty things like that to vendors you're not going to get anything'. I said 'no, in eight years of saying nothing, we've got nothing, and I'm going to start saying nasty things, in the hope that some of these vendors will start giving me money so I'll shut up'."

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Source : "Staying on the Cutting Edge". Interview with Sam Varghese, www.theage.com.au. October 08, 2004.

Theo de Raadt

#Years Quotes #Eight Quotes #Giving Quotes

“War is big business. It's a lot of money going to and fro, and unfortunately a lot of angst, and a lot of fear, and a lot of doubt. And eventually a lot of wonderful people, like soldiers, like men and women that are out there trying to do the best they can, they come back being wounded on many levels.”

Source : "Interview with former Yes front man Jon Anderson (Part One)". examiner.com, January 27, 2011.
“Want to accomplish something, any-damn-thing? Sharpen your political skills!”
“Gamers should be able to take the experience with them in their living rooms, on the go, when they travel -- wherever they are and whenever they want to play. It should be the same software and the same experience,”

Source : "Hideo Kojima Predicts Console-Less Gaming Future" by Jim Reilly, www.ign.com. April 7, 2010.
“Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.”
“I met Andy Warhol in the '60s, a wonderful time, with wonderful people. There was Fred Hughes, and Jed Johnson, who I liked a lot. Jed Johnson decorated my apartment in New York, at the Pierre. It was his first job.”
“I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn't la-di-da. There is something that's going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected.”
“As God is my witness, he is broken in half!”

Source : "Kevin Owens interview: WWE star says Hell in a Cell is 'daunting'". www.skysports.com. October 26, 2016.
“A girl can't analyze marriage, and a woman dare not.”

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