Jimmy Wales Quotes
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.
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I'm in a constant state of gratitude.
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Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
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I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it.
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I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot while working with her.
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Of course, a movie is in constant flux.
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I would like the world to know that Yemeni women are strong, and if empowered, they can achieve. The world needs to look beyond stereotypes and dress code. In our hearts, we are just human beings who want to live a dignified life. Is that too much to ask for?
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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I don't idealise women. I enjoy them. I have been married to two of the most independent women it is possible to think of.
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My parents worked in the film industry, but they both worked behind the camera, so I like to think that I have a really good understanding of how all the parts of the puzzle come together to make a film or TV show.
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Everyone loves Beyonce. If you don't love Beyonce, we can't talk.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.
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Female service members are so integrated into the military, so critical and vital to all functions of the military, from combat service support to combat support, to direct combat, that we could not go to war as a nation - we could not defend America - without our women.
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I had a holiday job in a kitchen, but I think we'll draw a polite veil over that. There was nothing joyous or creative about it. And none of this helped my studies.
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The joke around my office is that I've shaken many hands, but I've petted more dogs.
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Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter.
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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A lot of '2112' was written in the back seat of a car and in cold dressing rooms while on tour in northern Ontario.
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When we did Cubist paintings, our intention was not to produce Cubist paintings but to express what was within us. No one laid down a course of action for us, and our friends the poets followed our endeavour attentively but they never dictated it to us.
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I don't see any particular problem with that.
