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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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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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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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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 could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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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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Six months after I moved to L.A., I booked the ABC pilot 'Commander-in-Chief' with Geena Davis. I played her son.
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There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, must have respect for the others and not encroach into each other's domain.
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Nothing is so healing as the human touch.
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Traditional businesses can say, 'We're going to sell widgets to people, and it will make X amount of profit.' But new business models are hard.
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I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.
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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.
