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.
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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 did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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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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In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because that is not their business, but what deep desires they can manipulate, stimulate and ostensibly satisfy in order to produce cold, hard cash.
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A lot of times, we also have to live and work. You have to make money to pay rent. In that respect, I don't think you can be so demanding. Those great stories are not the normal stories that come on a daily basis. It's a struggle to land those roles. Everybody is looking for the good parts.
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I don't really like the slogan 'It boy.'
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.
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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.
