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"The fame and reputation part came later, and never was much of a motivator, although it did enable me to work without feeling guilty about neglecting my studies."
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"When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows," people just stare at you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, for free.""
People
"The thing with Linux is that the developers themselves are actually customers too: that has always been an important part of Linux."
Technology
"I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can."
Technology
"Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day."
Time
"I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there."
Technology
"Non-technical questions sometimes don't have an answer at all."
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"I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product."
Success
"There are lots of Linux users who don't care how the kernel works, but only want to use it. That is a tribute to how good Linux is."
Care
"My name is Linus, and I am your God."
God
"I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places."
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"That most limited of all specialists, the "well-rounded man"."
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"The world system is employment."
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"Police officers are poorly paid for a very stressful job that has them in very high powered radio frequency (RF) fields and in a daily environment that may result in them being assaulted, maimed or killed."
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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."
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"I was cranked to a fifth gear, and everything I did, I did on a deadline."
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"Do not be weary to make money."
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"My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer."
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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."
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"Work was intended not to give a man a reason to live, but rather to give him a means to live."
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"Next to us is not the workman whom we have hired, with whom we love so well to talk, but the workman whose work we are."
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