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I think it's a mistake to trea...

I think it's a mistake to treat different realms of knowledge as if they are some how fundamentally the same.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

I think people have to recogni...

I think people have to recognise that the traditional modes of authority weren't that great.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

I'm not real good at the admin...

I'm not real good at the administrative part of running a company.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

Imagine a world in which every...

Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

It's kind of surprising that y...

It's kind of surprising that you could just open up a site and let people work.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

Massive numbers of people are ...

Massive numbers of people are going to come online from cultures we don't normally interact with.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

My original concept was to pro...

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

People do fun and interesting ...

People do fun and interesting things because they're fun and interesting.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

There's a big tendency to grav...

There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

Almost anything is better than...

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

I tend to eat things in fours....

I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

To create and distribute a fre...

To create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language - That's who I am. That's what I am doing. That's my life goal.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

IAR is policy, always has been...

IAR is policy, always has been.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

I frequently counsel people wh...

I frequently counsel people who are getting frustrated about an edit war to think about someone who lives without clean drinking water, without any proper means of education, and how our work might someday help that person. It puts flamewars into some perspective, I think.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

Wikipedia is first and foremos...

Wikipedia is first and foremost an effort to create and distribute a free encyclopedia of the highest possible quality to every single person on the planet in their own language. Asking whether the community comes before or after this goal is really asking the wrong question: the entire purpose of the community is precisely this goal.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

Ideally, our rules should be f...

Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary helpful kind thoughtful person doesn't really even need to know the rules. You just get to work, do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

We are growing from a cheerful...

We are growing from a cheerful small town where everyone waves off their front porch to the subway of New York City where everyone rushes by. How do you preserve the culture that has worked so well?

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

We are Wikipedians. This means...

We are Wikipedians. This means that we should be: kind, thoughtful, passionate about getting it right, open, tolerant of different viewpoints, open to criticism, bold about changing our policies and also cautious about changing our policies. We are not vindictive, childish, and we don't stoop to the level of our worst critics, no matter how much we may find them to be annoying.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

It turns out a lot of people d...

It turns out a lot of people don't get it. Wikipedia is like rock'n'roll; it's a cultural shift.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

We've always had a love/hate r...

We've always had a love/hate relationship with numbers.

Jimmy Donal Wales 110 quotes

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....