Jimmy Wales Quotes
Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.
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Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.
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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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Let me say what I actually believe. I believe that 9/11 was a conspiracy, by Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden, and no one else trying to hurt America.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friends of my kids. I know all their names. We have barbecues, put up tents, and play soccer. I love it.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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With rap, it's a funny thing. You can say things, and people can take 'em the way they wanna take 'em.
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I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty.
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We come out of Jewish-refugee, Holocaust stock, which means that our predecessors fled and we learned that systems of power are vulnerable to corruption and can treat the defenseless in a destructive fashion.
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One of these days, I'd like to put together a revue of all my music, which would probably turn into a marathon. There's a couple of hit songs from almost every phase of my career. At the same time, visually, if you don't handle it properly, it could be a cacophony of craziness, because there's just so many different kinds of music.
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I rarely ever respond to misquotes and wrong information. Plus, it only serves to bring attention to the matter.
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Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.
