Jimmy Wales Quotes
My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.
Quotes to Explore
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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I take my work seriously.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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The translator's task is to create, in his or her own language, the same tensions appearing in the original. That's hard!
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People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
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I have always been the girl who keeps on trying. I try! I try!
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.
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There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.
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Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during.
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I'm sure, in real life, spying is boring - there's probably a lot of sitting around and plenty of paperwork. But the world seems to think that spying is exciting, and that's how movies get made.
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There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
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My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.
