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Brute nature has ... | Citatis"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. 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I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2797/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/2797.v10.jpg" alt="Lance Armstrong"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lance Armstrong</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="3f1e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3f1e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2797/3f1e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20mom%20was%20such%20a%20strong%20character.%20I%20don%27t%20want%20to%20say%20she%20was%20like%20a%20man%2C%20but%20she%20was%20tough.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2797%2F3f1e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/133/">Character</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/110/">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/597/">Mom</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4167/3f85/">I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4167/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/4167.v6.jpg" alt="Zsa Zsa Gabor"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zsa Zsa Gabor</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="3f85"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3f85" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4167/3f85/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20am%20not%20a%20name-dropper.%20I%20can%27t%20help%20it%20if%20everybody%20I%20know%20is%20famous.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4167%2F3f85%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/310/">Famous</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/49228/">Name-Dropper</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a795/3114f/">I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a795/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/795.v5.jpg" alt="L. J. Smith"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">L. J. Smith</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="3114f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3114f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a795/3114f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20don%27t%20know%20how%20to%20make%20Harper%20and%20Alloy%20want%20me%2C%20not%20just%20my%20name.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa795%2F3114f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/298/">Want</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/56/">Know</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3002/31157/">The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3002/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/3002.v6.jpg" alt="Earl Browder"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Earl Browder</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="31157"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31157" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3002/31157/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20stage%20of%20the%20development%20of%20the%20productive%20forces%20determines%20the%20political%20and%20ideological%20superstructure%20of%20society%20which%20are%20crystallized%20into%20a%20system%20of%20social%20organization.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3002%2F31157%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/85/">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/420/">Political</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1296/">Organization</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3941/311b8/">For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3941/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/3941.v6.jpg" alt="Patrick Wilson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Patrick Wilson</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="311b8"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="311b8" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3941/311b8/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=For%20everybody%20that%20does%20something%20bad%20there%27s%20gotta%20be%20someone%20that%20does%20something%20good.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3941%2F311b8%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/963/">Bad</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/685/">Someone</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4135/3129d/">When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4135/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/4135.v19.jpg" alt="Zlatan Ibrahimovic"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zlatan Ibrahimovic</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="3129d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3129d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4135/3129d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20I%20went%20to%20Juventus%2C%20I%20was%20young%2C%20but%20in%20training%2C%20I%20had%20legends%20like%20Fabio%20Cannavaro%20and%20Lilian%20Thuram%20marking%20me.%20I%20had%20to%20work%20hard%20to%20get%20my%20respect.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4135%2F3129d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/314/">Respect</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/366/">Training</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="/a3013/31315/">I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a3013/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/3013.v43.jpg" alt="Madonna"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Madonna</span> </a> <a href="/b351/"><span itemprop="legalName">Breakfast Club</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="31315"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31315" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3013/31315/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20in%20the%20end%2C%20when%20you%27re%20famous%2C%20people%20like%20to%20narrow%20you%20down%20to%20a%20few%20personality%20traits.%20I%20think%20I%27ve%20just%20become%20this%20ambitious%2C%20say-whatever%27s-on-her-mind%2C%20intimidating%20person.%20And%20that%27s%20part%20of%20my%20personality%2C%20but%20it%27s%20certainly%20not%20anywhere%20near%20the%20whole%20thing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3013%2F31315%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/128/">Mind</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/426/">Personality</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3404/31519/">Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3404/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/3404.v7.jpg" alt="LaToya London"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">LaToya London</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="31519"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31519" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3404/31519/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Well%2C%20being%20that%2C%20at%20the%20house%20and%20being%20in%20the%20competition%2C%20it%20was%20very%20hard%20to%20be%20with%20family.%20We%20couldn%27t%20have%20visitors%20out%20of%20respect%20for%20everyone%20else%20there.%20But%2C%20being%20the%20American%20Idol%2C%20the%20focus%20would%20have%20been%20on%20me.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3404%2F31519%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/27/">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/761/">American</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1358/">House</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2119/315ba/">Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2119/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/2119.v10.jpg" alt="Nas"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Nas</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="315ba"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="315ba" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2119/315ba/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Anybody%20I%27m%20dating%2C%20I%20don%27t%20want%20them%20to%20talk%20about%20my%20music.%20I%20don%27t%20talk%20about%20my%20music%20to%20them.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2119%2F315ba%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/298/">Want</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1566/">Dating</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4334/31845/">I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4334/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/4334.v5.jpg" alt="Taylor Schilling"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Taylor Schilling</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="31845"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31845" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4334/31845/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20love%20children.%20I%20just%20don%27t%20know%20if%20I%27m%20ready%20to%20have%20kids.%20I%20feel%20like%20I%20have%20more%20time.%20Kids%20are%20cute%2C%20you%20know%3F%20They%20need%20a%20lot%20of%20help%20-%20that%27s%20the%20thing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4334%2F31845%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/202/">Children</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/41/">Love</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1312/31a33/">I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didn't think I'd have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didn't know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1312/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/1312.v25.jpg" alt="Lana Del Rey"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Lana Del Rey</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="31a33"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31a33" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1312/31a33/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20knew%20I%20wanted%20to%20do%20something%20creative.%20I%20didn%27t%20think%20I%27d%20have%20the%20luxury%20of%20doing%20something%20like%20that%2C%20because%20I%20didn%27t%20know%20anyone%20who%20had%20pursued%20anything%20they%20really%20adored%2C%20but%20I%20had%20dreams%20for%20singing%20or%20writing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1312%2F31a33%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/270/">Writing</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/409/">Singing</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/577/">Dreams</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a35/31d60/">The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a35/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/35.v7.jpg" alt="W. 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