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"See, you not only have to be a good coder to create a system like Linux, you have to be a sneaky bastard too."
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"The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has-from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness."

"I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own."

"Be independent, and do what you will."

"A person with a victim complex is incapable of achieving his goal without someone's assistance, advice and prompts."

"Self- reliance is the greatest of all virtues my friend."

"When you accept employment, you are admitting that you cannot think or develop yourself."

"Independence that has declared its 'independence' from the sure and certain compass of sound morals is nothing more than rogue greed having scantily dressed itself in the garb of independence while running off the cliff of anarchy."

"When we stop looking for someone to complete us, we find completion in ourselves."

"Forget it. Never explain, never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't."

"Dependency on stuff, on people and on things is one of the greatest things that could kill."
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"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."

"Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it."

"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."

"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."

"I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product."

"The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it."

"That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle."

"In my opinion MS is a lot better at making money than it is at making good operating systems."
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