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58 quotes by Jimmy Wales

Website jimmywales.com Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (/ˈdʒɪmi ˈdoʊnəl ˈweɪlz/; born August 8, 1966 ) is an American Internet entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and promoter of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit Wikia web-hosting company. Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, where he attended Randolph School, a university-preparatory school. Later he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in finance from Auburn...
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I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

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We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that... →

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My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom... →

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The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer' kind of way... →

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Things work well when a group of people know each other, and things break down when it's a bunch of random people interacting.

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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... →

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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.

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I still believe there is a need to open up search and it will come eventually. It is very important to challenge the current models.

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What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to... →

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The core of Wikipedia is something people really believe in. That is too valuable for the world to screw it up.

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While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on... →

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I have no regular schedule. I get up whenever I can.

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