Jimmy Wales Quotes
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I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.
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I do think that there are people who are able to connect with and empathize with anyone who is going through something difficult, just naturally. I don't think it's a world of effort for everyone.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.
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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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The men and women who occupied the east coast of North America between 1607 and 1800 have been more closely scrutinized than any other collection of people in American history.
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If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.
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The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.
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I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard.
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I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.
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Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that.
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I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.
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Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
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Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.
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It's rather like attending a university seminar where you are talking to a few gifted specialists who deliver a paper to an audience of their peers. That's one way of making music.
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'If ambush I must, then ambush I will,' Aillas muttered to himself. 'A fig for chivalry, at least until the war is won.'
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Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.
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I'm not too keen on jokes that are one-liners. I want the situation to be funny.
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I've been a fan of The Rock ever since he first came to wrestling. Every time I went to school, I talked about The Rock. So when I finally got to meet him I couldn't believe it! When he walked through the door, I went bug-eyed! 'I'm standing next to The Rock, man!' He's huge. He's very nice, though.
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The Travel Channel had success with their 'Food Paradise' series, '10 Best Places to Pig Out' and those types of specials, so they knew there was a market for comfort food and wanted to develop a show around it.
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It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man.
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You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.
