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And we're a long, long ways from that.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2909/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1d/2909.v5.jpg" alt="Larry Page"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Larry Page</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="01a0c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01a0c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2909/01a0c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20ultimate%20search%20engine%20would%20basically%20understand%20everything%20in%20the%20world%2C%20and%20it%20would%20always%20give%20you%20the%20right%20thing.%20And%20we%27re%20a%20long%2C%20long%20ways%20from%20that.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2909%2F01a0c%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/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1946/">Search</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2009/01c18/">Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2009/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/2009.v5.jpg" alt="Walid Jumblatt"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Walid Jumblatt</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="01c18"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01c18" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2009/01c18/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Syrian%20influence%20has%20not%20ended%20yet.%20It%20is%20going%20to%20be%20a%20very%20long%20path.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2009%2F01c18%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1599/">Path</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/629/">Influence</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1801/01f1a/">I have long admired Univision - a pioneer in the industry - and recognized the tremendous potential and influence of the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1801/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/1801.v5.jpg" alt="Randy Falco"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Randy Falco</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="01f1a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01f1a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1801/01f1a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20long%20admired%20Univision%20-%20a%20pioneer%20in%20the%20industry%20-%20and%20recognized%20the%20tremendous%20potential%20and%20influence%20of%20the%20burgeoning%20U.S.%20Hispanic%20population.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1801%2F01f1a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/629/">Influence</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/777/">Potential</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="/a14/025f2/">I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a14/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/e/14.v5.jpg" alt="Candace Bushnell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Candace Bushnell</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="025f2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="025f2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a14/025f2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20to%20tell%20you%2C%20TV%20is%20an%20incredibly%20difficult%20medium.%20The%20most%20challenging%20show%20to%20do%20is%20the%20hour%20long%20dramedy.%20It%27s%20a%20very%20tricky%20format.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa14%2F025f2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/108/">You</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/458/">Difficult</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3422/02c66/">I think Paris smells not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3422/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/3422.v7.jpg" alt="M. J. Rose"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">M. J. 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