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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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"Dependency on stuff, on people and on things is one of the greatest things that could kill."
"Phew. I thought I was going to have to slay a few dragons for you while I was here. 'I'm no damsel in distress, Your Highness. I can take care of myself."
"And don't consult anyone's opinions but your own."
"When you are dead you are independent, when you are alive your always dependent. It really doesn't matter are you there or there there is somebody above you, always!"
"Don't be afraid of being alone; remember, when the sun rises, it rises with nobody at its side."
"Don't let someone rearrange your path because they lost sight of their own."
"Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more."
"I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master."
"She wanted to be herself again, to recover all that she had been obliged to give up in half a century of servitude that had doubtless made her happy but which, once her husband was dead, did not leave her even the vestiges of her identity."
"I would follow in your footsteps if I wasn't so busy making my own."
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"I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can."
"The cyberspace earnings I get from Linux come in the format of having a Network of people that know me and trust me, and that I can depend on in return."
"I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs."
"Programmers are in the enviable position of not only getting to do what they want to, but because the end result is so important they get paid to do it. There are other professions like that, but not that many."
"I like to think that I've been a good manager. That fact has been very instrumental in making Linux a successful product."
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