Jimmy Wales Quotes
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The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.
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I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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I have no privacy anymore.
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
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I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.
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The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness.
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I am cold of heart, warm of brain, and given to never-ending meditation; I ponder over ideas, many and weighty, and even over things which can never come to pass.
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Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.
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EssJay was appointed at the request of and unanimous support of the ArbCom.
