Jimmy Wales Quotes
To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor; it's the work that matters.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always been in love with music, but I've never thought to sing.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I think it would be really awesome to be a rock star.
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'Cop Car' was made with all of my friends. I wrote it with my best friend.
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I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.
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An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.
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I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956.
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To me the key thing is getting it right. And if a person's really smart and they're doing fantastic work, I don't care if they're a high school kid or a Harvard professor; it's the work that matters.
