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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I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
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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 lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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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'm so good and so loving that men don't believe it.
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All persons who bear the blessed title of parent have the personal responsibility to see that their children are growing up fully appreciative of the rights of God and their fellowmen.
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I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it." "Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him.
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Apple's success certainly reinforces the view that there is a demand out there. How big? It's too soon to say. But it's for real, and it's going to be with us for a long time.
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I like playing complex, interesting characters. Sometimes I don't think there's much of a strong line between right and wrong for a character. Every character is somewhere on a moral spectrum.
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My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.
