"People are not fundamentally bad. It only takes the smallest of correctives to take care of that tiny minority that wants to disrupt the community."

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Source : "Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds". Slashdot Interview, slashdot.org. July 28, 2004.

Jimmy Wales

#People Quotes #Community Quotes #Minorities Quotes

“Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions that cannot be unified by mechanical linkages frail bridges(or) tinkering. If we are to turn the founders upside down we must directly confront the Constitutional structure they erected.”
“All labour is directed towards producing some effect.”

Source : Alfred Marshall (2010). “Principles of Economics”, p.65, Cosimo, Inc.
“In meditation, silently and serenely, all words are transcended. In Illumination, all things appear as is. Silence is the ceasing of ego-grasping. Illumination is the functioning of the wonder of wisdom. The unity of these two is awakening to Buddha Nature.”
“Mountaineering is one of the most difficult sports - we are away from routine life for days, living in tents, and it requires high degree of physical and mental strength.”
“Let's get this out in the open once and for all. Here is how I feel about compression... Compression is for kids!!!!”
“Turn down the noise. Reduce the speed. Be like the somnolent bears, or those other animals that slow down and almost die in the cold season. Let it be the way it is. The magic is there in its power.”

Source : Henry Mitchell (1999). “One Man's Garden”, p.247, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Your mind is your religion.”
“I just had to find all my friends that used to be in the business. As I say, the music business didn't die, it just moved to Nashville.”

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