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I'm very much an Enlightenment kind of guy.

Jimmy Wales

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Jimmy Wales
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: August 8
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I don't worry. It's just not in my nature, really.
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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.
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