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+{{cquote|I am a self-taught graphic artist and web designer. When I started down this road, the path looked like it would never end. I was working two jobs, and it wasn't easy fighting for knowledge in the time I had to myself.
+During this time, I found terms and language that I had never encountered, and I needed a way to access comprehensive explanations quickly. Wikipedia has extensive documentation on all of the computer, design and web technologies that a beginner needs to grasp how the digital world works. It was all right there for me, for free, every day.
+Over the years I've educated myself from the silicon in microchips to the anomalies of quantum mechanics. I've advanced my mind in the latest technologies while tempering my spirit with ancient wisdom. I know that I am a better person for it.
+Thank you Wikipedia. You've been a friend, and oddly enough, a mentor. I suppose I shouldn't be thanking Wikipedia, but the awesome human beings who have shared their passion for life to me by revealing what they know about the world. Without your selfless effort, this wonderful tool would not be available to us.
+I believe that Wikipedia embodies our natural, inalienable right to free our minds and educate ourselves. We can choose, at any time, to shine a light into the unknown corners of our consciousness. I hope it will continue to create a future of understanding for the sake of uplifting the human condition.}}
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 {{cquote|I don't use Wikipedia often, but I started getting search results that led me to the site many years ago and, since then, it has become my trusted source of information when questions arise.