"The Internet is allowing for us to really experience people in some of the most distant places in the world - as other people just like us. So get to know people, seek out bloggers from a country you're kind of curious about. It's about building empathy and breaking through to the point of recognizing people as people."

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Jimmy Wales

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?”

Source : "Master builder". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2003.
“The myth of the self-sufficient individual and of the self-sufficient, protected, and protective familytells us that those who need help are ultimately inadequate. And it tells us that for a family to need help--or at least to admit it publicly--is to confess failure. Similarly, to give help, however generously, is to acknowledge the inadequacy of the recipients and indirectly to condemn them, to stigmatize them, and even to weaken what impulse they have toward self-sufficiency.”
“My advice to graduates is to do anything except what you are trained for. Take that training to a place where it is out of place and stimulate ideas, shake up establishments, and don't take no for an answer.”

Source : "Where Do New Ideas Come From?" by Nicholas Negroponte, www.wired.com. January 1, 1996.
“I have no plans of getting married so soon”
“Everything is done out of respect, whether it's a cheer or a boo.”
“Nothing to mountaineering, just a little physical endurance, a good deal of brains, lots of practice, and plenty of warm clothing.”
“By building respect and inspiring love business can move the world.”
“I always wanted to do something that revolves around the darker side of sex, the pressure of it.”

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