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We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.</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="21e9b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21e9b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4419/21e9b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20are%20all%20in%20this%20together.%20We%20will%20all%20make%20it%20or%20none%20of%20us%20will%20make%20it.%20If%20everyone%20cleans%20up%20their%20act%20except%20one%20big%20ole%20country%2C%20it%20isn%27t%20going%20to%20work.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4419%2F21e9b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</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. And who knows what everybody else sees?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3570/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/3570.v12.jpg" alt="Fiona Apple"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Fiona Apple</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="2220c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2220c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3570/2220c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20think%20you%27re%20looking%20at%20things%20all%20the%20time%2C%20but%20you%27re%20not%20looking%20at%20things%2C%20you%27re%20looking%20at%20what%20your%20brain%20is%20interpreting%20through%20light%20and%20color.%20And%20who%20knows%20what%20everybody%20else%20sees%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3570%2F2220c%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/934/">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1345/">Brain</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="/a609/2238c/">I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a609/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1/609.v5.jpg" alt="Olly Murs"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Olly Murs</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="2238c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2238c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a609/2238c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20a%20bit%20of%20a%20perfectionist.%20I%27ll%20watch%20myself%20back%20on%20%27Xtra%20Factor%27%20and%20want%20to%20do%20it%20again%20because%20of%20a%20few%20hiccups.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa609%2F2238c%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/239/">Myself</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/506/">Back</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3339/224a0/">Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then launched an experiment in raising them without earthly fathers too. Having neither a Father in heaven or a father in the home, many young men make gangs their families.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3339/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/3339.v6.jpg" alt="Gary Bauer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Gary Bauer</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="224a0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="224a0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3339/224a0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Having%20robbed%20children%20of%20any%20sense%20that%20their%20Father%20is%20in%20Heaven%20and%20that%20they%20are%20His%20creation%2C%20we%20then%20launched%20an%20experiment%20in%20raising%20them%20without%20earthly%20fathers%20too.%20Having%20neither%20a%20Father%20in%20heaven%20or%20a%20father%20in%20the%20home%2C%20many%20young%20men%20make%20gangs%20their%20families.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3339%2F224a0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/124/">Men</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/202/">Children</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/595/">Home</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3245/225c3/">As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3245/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/3245.v4.jpg" alt="Ralph Bakshi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Bakshi</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="225c3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="225c3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3245/225c3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=As%20an%20artist%2C%20I%20want%20to%20interpret%20my%20feelings%20-%20not%20run%20across%20the%20street%20and%20ask%20what%20my%20mother%20thinks.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3245%2F225c3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/28/">Mother</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1706/">Artist</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/139/">Feelings</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1131/22674/">Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1131/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/1131.v8.jpg" alt="Ian Anderson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ian Anderson</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="22674"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="22674" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1131/22674/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Touring%20is%20what%20you%20make%20it.%20I%20like%20to%20organise%20as%20much%20as%20possible%20myself.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1131%2F22674%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/239/">Myself</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/640/">Possible</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1315/22815/">But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1315/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/1315.v4.jpg" alt="Vernor Vinge"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vernor Vinge</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="22815"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="22815" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1315/22815/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=But%20if%20the%20technological%20Singularity%20can%20happen%2C%20it%20will.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1315%2F22815%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/134/">Will</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2455/">Happen</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2865/">Technological</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3057/23143/">I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3057/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/3057.v5.jpg" alt="Frances Farmer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Frances Farmer</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="23143"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="23143" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3057/23143/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20went%20to%20Sunday%20School%20and%20liked%20the%20stories%20about%20Christ%20and%20the%20Christmas%20star.%20They%20were%20beautiful.%20They%20made%20you%20warm%20and%20happy%20to%20think%20about.%20But%20I%20didn%27t%20believe%20them.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3057%2F23143%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/67/">Believe</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/31/">School</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; 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="/a10409/2ef67/">Despite (or because of) a free public school system, millions of teenagers enter the work force without marketable skills. 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Maybe that's what I want for me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a14673/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/14673.v5.jpg" alt="Breckin Meyer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Breckin Meyer</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="29e43"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="29e43" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a14673/29e43/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20idols%20are%20Richard%20Dreyfuss%2C%20Michael%20Keaton%2C%20John%20Goodman.%20Maybe%20that%27s%20what%20I%20want%20for%20me.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa14673%2F29e43%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a13541/2185d6/">The Adequate Protest demands far more than protests. 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