Jimmy Wales Quotes
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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Jazz vision for me is seeing my art in musical term. It offers me an visual expressions in an ever-changing musical palette.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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I know what poverty is.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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In the conversation about women in leadership, male voices are noticeably absent.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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For a kid in London, Hollywood seems like such a mythical place.
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I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.
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I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
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Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.
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So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing.
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I buy smoked mackerel in a vain attempt at being healthy. I do actually really like it, and you don't have to cook it, which is handy.
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I think sometimes in comedy the characters are often sacrificed for the joke, and it's more important for it to be funny than for there to be love.
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I always thought on my own that what is a huge part of being an actor, or what made me a better actor, was just really living life. Not being closed in on life, but being more open to experiences and to people and taking risks and exposing yourself to things.
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People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.
