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In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4037/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/4037.v5.jpg" alt="B. F. Skinner"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">B. F. 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Kelly's range is so vast and broad that in order to stimulate himself creatively as an artist, he has to step so, so far outside the box, or else he feels like he's not challenging himself.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3995/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/3995.v18.jpg" alt="T.I."> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">T.I.</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="2107b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2107b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3995/2107b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20R.%20Kelly%27s%20range%20is%20so%20vast%20and%20broad%20that%20in%20order%20to%20stimulate%20himself%20creatively%20as%20an%20artist%2C%20he%20has%20to%20step%20so%2C%20so%20far%20outside%20the%20box%2C%20or%20else%20he%20feels%20like%20he%27s%20not%20challenging%20himself.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3995%2F2107b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/149/">Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1706/">Artist</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/100/">Step</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1438/2130c/">'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1438/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/1438.v3.jpg" alt="Ian Mckellen"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ian Mckellen</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="2130c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2130c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1438/2130c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=%27Macbeth%27%20was%20a%20very%20lucky%20play%20for%20me.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1438%2F2130c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/308/">Play</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1927/">Lucky</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a520/21503/">Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a520/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/520.v4.jpg" alt="Madeleine M. 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Kunin</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="21503"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21503" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a520/21503/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Common%20wisdom%20dictates%20that%20the%20vice%20president%20should%20provide%20balance%20to%20the%20ticket%20by%20representing%20a%20different%20part%20of%20the%20country%2C%20another%20set%20of%20experiences%2C%20or%20a%20basketful%20of%20electoral%20votes.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa520%2F21503%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1423/">Different</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/224/">Wisdom</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4123/2163c/">You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4123/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/4123.v4.jpg" alt="Tammy Faye Bakker"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Tammy Faye Bakker</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="2163c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2163c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4123/2163c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20don%27t%20have%20to%20be%20dowdy%20to%20be%20a%20Christian.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4123%2F2163c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/108/">You</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/287/">Christian</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2405/216eb/">I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2405/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/2405.v5.jpg" alt="Edgardo Osorio"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Edgardo Osorio</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="216eb"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="216eb" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2405/216eb/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20was%20lucky%20that%20I%20started%20very%20young%2C%20since%20I%20had%20a%20very%20clear%20idea%20of%20what%20I%20wanted%20to%20do.%20But%20my%20father%20is%20very%20conservative%2C%20and%20he%20never%20considered%20fashion%20to%20be%20a%20real%20career%20but%20something%20I%20could%20pursue%20as%20a%20hobby.%20He%20wanted%20me%20to%20be%20a%20doctor%2C%20and%20at%20one%20point%2C%20I%20thought%20of%20becoming%20a%20plastic%20surgeon.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2405%2F216eb%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/508/">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/19/">Father</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/332/">Career</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3602/21765/">You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3602/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/3602.v6.jpg" alt="Daniel Barenboim"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Daniel Barenboim</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="21765"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21765" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3602/21765/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20don%27t%20go%20out%20and%20play%20Beethoven%27s%20%27Opus%20111%27%20without%20having%20rethought%20about%20it%20every%20time%20you%20play.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3602%2F21765%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/108/">You</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/308/">Play</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="/a4419/2190d/">My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4419/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/4419.v4.jpg" alt="Ted Danson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ted Danson</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="2190d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2190d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4419/2190d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20lessons%20didn%27t%20come%20at%20my%20father%27s%20knee.%20Like%20all%20good%20lessons%2C%20they%20were%20learned%20from%20example.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4419%2F2190d%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/19/">Father</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/175/">Like</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2025/21a4b/">During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2025/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/2025.v4.jpg" alt="Randeep Hooda"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Randeep Hooda</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="21a4b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21a4b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2025/21a4b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=During%20my%20theatre%20days%2C%20I%20was%20more%20comfortable%20doing%20comedy.%20It%27s%20such%20an%20irony.%20I%20have%20always%20played%20a%20buffoon%20on%20stage%2C%20and%20yet%20I%20don%27t%20have%20any%20comic%20role%20to%20my%20credit.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2025%2F21a4b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1088/">Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1714/">Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/174/">Doing</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2561/21c2e/">There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2561/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1/2561.v5.jpg" alt="Ira Glass"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ira Glass</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="21c2e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21c2e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2561/21c2e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%20is%20a%20kind%20of%20structure%20for%20a%20story%20that%20was%20peculiarly%20compelling%20for%20the%20radio.%20I%20thought%20I%20had%20invented%20it%20atom-by-atom%20sitting%20in%20an%20editing%20booth%20in%20Washington%20on%20M%20Street%20when%20I%20was%20in%20my%2020s.%20Then%20I%20found%20out%20that%20it%20is%20one%20of%20the%20oldest%20forms%20of%20telling%20a%20story%20-%20it%20was%20the%20structure%20of%20a%20sermon.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2561%2F21c2e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/188/">Kind</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/190/">Thought</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/263/">Story</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2277/21dc1/">When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2277/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/2277.v6.jpg" alt="Edie Falco"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Edie 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="21dc1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21dc1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2277/21dc1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20a%20show%20has%20gotten%20as%20much%20attention%20as%20this%20one%2C%20everyone%20wants%20to%20join%20in%20with%20something%20to%20say.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2277%2F21dc1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1273/">Attention</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/475/">Say</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/955/">Everyone</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3600/2203b/">I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3600/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/3600.v6.jpg" alt="Hani Furstenberg"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Hani Furstenberg</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="2203b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2203b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3600/2203b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20an%20actress%2C%20and%20that%27s%20my%20work%20and%20my%20passion.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3600%2F2203b%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/428/">Passion</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1223/">Actress</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3570/2220c/">You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. 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