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Her first food was smoked trout.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2039/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/2039.v4.jpg" alt="Gaby Hoffmann"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Gaby Hoffmann</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11838"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11838" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2039/11838/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20didn%27t%20intend%20to%20introduce%20food%20so%20early%2C%20but%20she%20became%20very%20interested%20at%20about%205%20months%2C%20and%20I%20just%20gave%20her%20whatever%20sort%20of%20nutrient-rich%20food%20I%20had.%20Her%20first%20food%20was%20smoked%20trout.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2039%2F11838%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/721/">She</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/121/">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1169/">Early</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a761/118e4/">Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a761/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/761.v7.jpg" alt="Adam Clayton"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Adam Clayton</span> </a> <a href="/b8/"><span itemprop="legalName">U2</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="118e4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="118e4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a761/118e4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Unless%20man%20is%20committed%20to%20the%20belief%20that%20all%20mankind%20are%20his%20brothers%2C%20then%20he%20labors%20in%20vain%20and%20hypocritically%20in%20the%20vineyards%20of%20equality.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa761%2F118e4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/20/">Man</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1067/">Belief</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/569/">Equality</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a107/121fc/">There's a bootleg album that was recorded when I was 14 or 15, a compilation of things live at different clubs. Songs like Girl from Ipanema and Cry Me A River. I don't know what the title of it is.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a107/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/107.v7.jpg" alt="Edgar Winter"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Edgar Winter</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="121fc"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="121fc" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a107/121fc/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%27s%20a%20bootleg%20album%20that%20was%20recorded%20when%20I%20was%2014%20or%2015%2C%20a%20compilation%20of%20things%20live%20at%20different%20clubs.%20Songs%20like%20Girl%20from%20Ipanema%20and%20Cry%20Me%20A%20River.%20I%20don%27t%20know%20what%20the%20title%20of%20it%20is.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa107%2F121fc%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/570/">Girl</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1678/">Songs</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1892/12203/">We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1892/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/1892.v10.jpg" alt="Cameron Winklevoss"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Cameron Winklevoss</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="12203"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="12203" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1892/12203/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20are%20building%20a%20company%2C%20Gemini%2C%20and%20the%20ETF%2C%20which%20is%20another%20company.%20I%20don%27t%20know%20if%20we%27re%20experts%2C%20but%20the%20goal%20is%20not%20to%20be%20an%20expert%20but%20to%20change%20the%20world.%20Does%20Richard%20Branson%20understand%20all%20the%20physics%20behind%20his%20space%20craft%3F%20I%27m%20not%20sure.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1892%2F12203%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/323/">Change</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/307/">Space</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a699/124cc/">We know that Texas is more than a state. Texas has always been a promise. 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