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I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.

Larry Wall

Want

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

Larry Wall

Running

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

Larry Wall

Day

Writing

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.

Larry Wall

Fun

Ideology

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.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.

I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.

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Work

Open

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.

I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway.

Larry Wall

Time

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

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Idea