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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If you spend any time with a man, you'll realize that we're all still little boys.
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In Beverly Hills, around 3 P.M. on Bedford Drive, a strange rite occurs. All the men and women who have had facial surgery leave the their surgeons and walk up and down the street bandaged like mummies in Prada, waiting for their loved ones to pick them up.
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It must not simply be taken for granted that a given set of ill-assorted people, for no other reason than because it is Christmas, will be joyful to be reunited and to break bread together.
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Well, there's just some universal truths in a way that I've just observed to be true. You read Voltaire. You read modern literature. Anywhere you go, there's these observations about romantic love and what it does people, and these rotten feelings that rarely are people meaning to do that to each other.
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Yes, I receive fan mail. One of my favorite things to do is sit down and read the letters people write. It's really amazing the time people take to write these letters, tell their stories, draw pictures, etc.
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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.
