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"My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world."
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"I am not the world's greatest Negro violinist. I am the greatest violinist in the world!"
"The world has just got more dangerous because the things we use have got more dangerous."
"The toughest part was doing it in front of the world and recognizing that you had gotten to a point where if you didn't do something you were going to die."
"It is a dark, dark world. If you're going to be in a dark world, I can't think of any better one to be in. I still think I'm very lucky to be in it."
"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
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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, but also in the free speech kind of way."
"I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way."
"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."
"I have always liked the idea of going to print because a big part of what we are about is to disseminate knowledge throughout the world and not just to people who have broadband."
"Love. It isn't very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it's a very very important part of what holds our project together."
"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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