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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

"Failures make character, not success."

"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"
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"The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe."

"I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's just goofing off."

"There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6."

"Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science."

"Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist."

"Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map."
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