Jimmy Wales Quotes
I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
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I have little routines in the theater. Once I've established something, like the order of putting on makeup and a costume, I have to invariably do it in the same order every time, even if I only did it by chance the first time round.
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
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Good-looking people turn me off. Myself included.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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Canada has become trouble recently … It’s always the worst Americans who go there … We could have taken them over so easy. But I only want the western part, with the ski areas, the cowboys, and the right wingers. They’re the only good parts of Canada.
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I just like comedy in general. My film work, which has been at times more dramatic, has been satisfying. But I never feel quite as good and as light and blissful as when I'm doing comedy.
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Being queer you're supposed to adore figure skating. It's a sport, not an art. I love the costumes and hate the music and of course I worship Johnny Weir because so does he. Also he's real. It's a full gay thing and it always has been.
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There's a relationship in the reality with how theater is presented - you can't experience that anywhere else. When you mess up, you mess up obviously, when you sweat, you sweat obviously, when you cry, you cry obviously. There's no hiding in theater.
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I used to be mouthy. It was all to do with being a northerner and from Manchester, which was suddenly a big deal when I was in my 20s. When I read some of the interviews I did back then, I cringe.
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I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband.
