"The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part."

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"The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part."

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"I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems."

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"It's a really bad idea to be in a band and get involved with each other."

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"After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times."

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"The reason that a good citizen does not use such destructive means to become wealthier is that, if everyone did so, we would all become poorer from the mutual destructiveness."

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"The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. When capitalism really works this way, it does a good job; but its defenders are wrong in assuming it always works this way."

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"Fighting patents one by one will never eliminate the danger of software patents, any more than swatting mosquitoes will eliminate malaria."

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"The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity."

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"People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking."

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"Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can."

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"Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn."

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