Jimmy Wales Quotes
I think MySpace is doomed, I give them about two more years.... I think Facebook is the next Microsoft in both the bad and the good senses. That's an amazing company that is going to do a lot of good and bad things.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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Nashville, I think, for me, personally, would be where I want to live and work. L.A. is a whole other world and has a whole other vibe to it, so I would like to come out here for work for a couple of months, but L.A. is just not really my scene, per se.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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My earliest memories of defying my parents were through music. I remember rap being banned in my house, and then getting a Cam'ron album.
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I was 175 pounds at 13 years old and 5 feet tall.
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I used to not stutter any. Oh, I did when I was a kid, I stuttered, I had a bad stutter until I was probably between the second and third grade and a guy got rid of it for me.
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I think MySpace is doomed, I give them about two more years.... I think Facebook is the next Microsoft in both the bad and the good senses. That's an amazing company that is going to do a lot of good and bad things.
