CINXE.COM

<!doctype html>   <html lang="en" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">  <head> <link rel="subresource" href="//cdn.citatis.com/css/main.min.vd417aeb3.css" /> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com" /> <link rel="preconnect" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//www.google-analytics.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//googleads.g.doubleclick.net"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//securepubads.g.doubleclick.net"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//tpc.googlesyndication.com"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=0.5, user-scalable=yes" /> <meta name="description" content="When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established." /> <meta name="keywords" content="Thinking, Jonathan Glazer quotes, quotes" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Jonathan Glazer Quotes" /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://citatis.com/a18413/01b52c/" /> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="428075874317092" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Citatis.com" /> <meta property="og:description" content="When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established." /> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@citatiscom"> <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@citatiscom"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Jonathan Glazer Quotes"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established."> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/apple-touch-icon.png" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/favicon-32x32.png" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/favicon-16x16.png" /> <link rel="manifest" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/manifest.json" /> <link rel="mask-icon" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5" /> <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="//cdn.citatis.com/css/main.min.vd417aeb3.css" />   <title>Jonathan Glazer: When you're making the film, you don't really think the ... | Citatis</title> <link rel="canonical" href="https://citatis.com/a18413/01b52c/" />  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-52815707-9"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-52815707-9'); </script> <script async='async' src='https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js'></script> <script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; googletag.cmd.push(function() { if (screen.width > 1000) { googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-footer', [[728, 90]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-footer', [[336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/adsense-citatis-right', [[336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-2640316034442145", enable_page_level_ads: true }); </script> </head> <body itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage"> <header> <button class="nav__menu-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Open site Navigation"></button> <button id="search_open" class="nav__search-open" aria-label="Site Search"></button> <a href="/" class="i-logo"><img src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/citatis_logo.svg" title="Popular Quotes" alt="Popular Quotes"></a> <nav class="panel"> <ul class="nav collapse" id="navbar" aria-expanded="false"> <li class="nav__item "> <a href="/topics/" role="button">TOPICS</a> </li> <li class="nav__item "> <a href="/authors/" role="button">AUTHORS</a> </li> <li class="nav__item "> <a href="/day/" role="button">QUOTE OF THE DAY</a> </li> <li class="nav__item noactive"> <a href="#popup_auth" data-toggle="modal" role="button">FAVORITES</a> </li> <li class="nav__item--login"> <a href="#popup_auth" data-toggle="modal" role="button">LOG IN</a> </li> </ul> <form class="nav__search" id="nav__search" action="/search/" method="GET"> <input type="search" id="search" value="" name="q" required="" placeholder="SEARCH" aria-label="Enter search query"/> <button id="b_search" type="submit" class="i-search" title="search"></button> <i id="close" class="i-close" aria-label="Close Search form"></i> </form> </nav> </header> <div class="wrapper" id="body_wrapper"> <script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"citatis.com","name":"Quotes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"citatis.com/a18413/","name":"Jonathan Glazer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"citatis.com/a18413/01b52c/","name":"Jonathan Glazer quote"}}]} </script> <main> <h1 class="author__headline hr__decorate"> Jonathan Glazer Quotes </h1> <div class="quote--ajax"> <div class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established. </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a18413/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/18413.v2.jpg" alt="Jonathan Glazer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jonathan Glazer</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="01b52c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01b52c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a18413/01b52c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20you%27re%20making%20the%20film%2C%20you%20don%27t%20really%20think%20the%20audience%3B%20it%27s%20only%20when%20you%20start%20editing%20that%20you%20really%20start%20to%20became%20aware%20of%20your%20audience%20because%20you%27re%20thinking%20of%20how%20you%20communicate%20these%20ideas%2C%20and%20how%20lucid%20can%20you%20be%2C%20and%20yet%20stay%20within%20the%20language%20you%27ve%20established.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa18413%2F01b52c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> </ul>  </div> <ul class="nav-flipping"> <li><a href="/a18413/21b441/">Previous</a></li> <li><a href="/a18413/01b52d/">Next</a></li>  </ul> </div> <div class="index__social"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citatiscom/" class="i-fb" title="Like us on Facebook" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/citatiscom/" class="i-tw" title="Follow us on Twitter" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/citatis_com/" class="i-inst" title="Follow us on Instagram" target="_blank"></a> </div> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; 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> <h2>Quotes to Explore</h2> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1965/040/">I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1965/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/1965.v6.jpg" alt="Rachel Weisz"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Rachel Weisz</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="040"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="040" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1965/040/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20thinking%20of%20doing%20more%20theatre.%20It%20makes%20me%20very%20happy.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1965%2F040%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1714/">Theatre</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4106/01f4/">For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4106/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/4106.v8.jpg" alt="Ta-Nehisi Coates"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ta-Nehisi Coates</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="01f4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01f4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4106/01f4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=For%20nearly%20a%20century%20and%20a%20half%2C%20this%20country%20deluded%20itself%20into%20thinking%20that%20its%20greatest%20calamity%2C%20the%20Civil%20War%2C%20had%20nothing%20to%20do%20with%20one%20of%20its%20greatest%20sins%2C%20enslavement.%20It%20deluded%20itself%20in%20this%20manner%20despite%20available%20evidence%20to%20the%20contrary.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4106%2F01f4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/237/">War</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2910/065e/">Teenage girls these days are more and more getting lured into thinking they should dumb themselves down, and that's going to attract the wrong kind of guy, and it's serious. It's serious business.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2910/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/2910.v5.jpg" alt="Danica McKellar"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Danica McKellar</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="065e"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="065e" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2910/065e/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Teenage%20girls%20these%20days%20are%20more%20and%20more%20getting%20lured%20into%20thinking%20they%20should%20dumb%20themselves%20down%2C%20and%20that%27s%20going%20to%20attract%20the%20wrong%20kind%20of%20guy%2C%20and%20it%27s%20serious.%20It%27s%20serious%20business.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2910%2F065e%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/18/">Business</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1741/">Guy</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1215/06fd/">I'm guilty of it myself, sort of thinking, 'Classic novels: snoozeville.' But there is a huge amount of wonderful material.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1215/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/1215.v5.jpg" alt="Natasha Little"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Natasha Little</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="06fd"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="06fd" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1215/06fd/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20guilty%20of%20it%20myself%2C%20sort%20of%20thinking%2C%20%27Classic%20novels:%20snoozeville.%27%20But%20there%20is%20a%20huge%20amount%20of%20wonderful%20material.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1215%2F06fd%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/239/">Myself</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2134/">Guilty</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1598/010a9/">Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1598/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/1598.v3.jpg" alt="Rafael Vinoly"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Rafael Vinoly</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="010a9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="010a9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1598/010a9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Music%2C%20first%20of%20all%2C%20is%20completely%20about%20abstraction%2C%20which%20is%20exactly%20what%20architecture%20is%20not.%20In%20a%20way%2C%20it%20has%20been%20incredibly%20constructive%20to%20know%20what%20true%20abstraction%20is.%20So%20you%20don%27t%20fall%20into%20the%20trap%20of%20thinking%20that%20what%20you%20do%20is%20abstract.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1598%2F010a9%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/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/484/">True</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2778/01540/">From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2778/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1a/2778.v30.jpg" alt="Narendra Modi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Narendra Modi</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="01540"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01540" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2778/01540/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=From%20my%20intimate%20discussions%20with%20President%20Obama%2C%20it%20is%20evident%20that%20India%20figures%20significantly%20in%20American%20geo-political%2C%20economic%20and%20strategic%20thinking.%20India%20is%20the%20largest%20democracy%20in%20the%20world.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2778%2F01540%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/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/761/">American</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; 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="/a2335/01787/">I'm loyal. I'm real. I'm not afraid to say what I'm thinking.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2335/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1f/2335.v6.jpg" alt="Carli Lloyd"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Carli Lloyd</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="01787"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01787" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2335/01787/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20loyal.%20I%27m%20real.%20I%27m%20not%20afraid%20to%20say%20what%20I%27m%20thinking.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2335%2F01787%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/508/">Real</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1922/">Afraid</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2870/01991/">When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2870/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/16/2870.v4.jpg" alt="Laura Dern"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Laura Dern</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="01991"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01991" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2870/01991/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20you%27re%20first%20reading%20the%20script%20and%20thinking%20about%20playing%20the%20part%2C%20it%27s%20slightly%20daunting.%20It%27s%20easy%20to%20question%2C%20%27Is%20an%20audience%20going%20to%20like%20me%3F%20And%20is%20that%20my%20job%3F%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2870%2F01991%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/257/">Job</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/457/">Reading</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1696/022d7/">My brain is so anxiety-prone, like a pinball machine. If I don't get up in the morning and focus my thinking, my breathing, and my being for about 12 minutes, I'm just a screwball all day long.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1696/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/1696.v5.jpg" alt="Rainn Wilson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Rainn 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="022d7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="022d7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1696/022d7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20brain%20is%20so%20anxiety-prone%2C%20like%20a%20pinball%20machine.%20If%20I%20don%27t%20get%20up%20in%20the%20morning%20and%20focus%20my%20thinking%2C%20my%20breathing%2C%20and%20my%20being%20for%20about%2012%20minutes%2C%20I%27m%20just%20a%20screwball%20all%20day%20long.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1696%2F022d7%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/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4145/02304/">We should all feel confident in our intelligence. By the way, intelligence to me isn't just being book-smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4145/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/4145.v7.jpg" alt="Tabatha Coffey"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Tabatha Coffey</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="02304"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="02304" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4145/02304/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20should%20all%20feel%20confident%20in%20our%20intelligence.%20By%20the%20way%2C%20intelligence%20to%20me%20isn%27t%20just%20being%20book-smart%20or%20having%20a%20college%20degree%3B%20it%27s%20trusting%20your%20gut%20instincts%2C%20being%20intuitive%2C%20thinking%20outside%20the%20box%2C%20and%20sometimes%20just%20realizing%20that%20things%20need%20to%20change%20and%20being%20smart%20enough%20to%20change%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4145%2F02304%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/435/">Book</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/323/">Change</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3621/023db/">If you're the type of person who has to fulfill your dreams, you've gotta be resourceful to make sure you can do it. I came out to California when I was 21, thinking my New York credentials would take me all the way. I came back home a year later all dejected and a failure.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3621/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/3621.v7.jpg" alt="Vin Diesel"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Vin Diesel</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="023db"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="023db" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3621/023db/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20you%27re%20the%20type%20of%20person%20who%20has%20to%20fulfill%20your%20dreams%2C%20you%27ve%20gotta%20be%20resourceful%20to%20make%20sure%20you%20can%20do%20it.%20I%20came%20out%20to%20California%20when%20I%20was%2021%2C%20thinking%20my%20New%20York%20credentials%20would%20take%20me%20all%20the%20way.%20I%20came%20back%20home%20a%20year%20later%20all%20dejected%20and%20a%20failure.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3621%2F023db%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/595/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/670/">Failure</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4213/027a9/">I didn't invent satire. I didn't come up with it. And it will continue to be a very powerful tool to disrupt political taboos and social taboos and religious taboos, because those taboos are always used to control and to curb people's way of creativity and thinking, by making them feel guilty because they want to make a change.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4213/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/4213.v4.jpg" alt="Bassem Youssef"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Bassem Youssef</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="027a9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="027a9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4213/027a9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20didn%27t%20invent%20satire.%20I%20didn%27t%20come%20up%20with%20it.%20And%20it%20will%20continue%20to%20be%20a%20very%20powerful%20tool%20to%20disrupt%20political%20taboos%20and%20social%20taboos%20and%20religious%20taboos%2C%20because%20those%20taboos%20are%20always%20used%20to%20control%20and%20to%20curb%20people%27s%20way%20of%20creativity%20and%20thinking%2C%20by%20making%20them%20feel%20guilty%20because%20they%20want%20to%20make%20a%20change.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4213%2F027a9%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/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</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="/a3704/03bd2/">Most of my job life has had to do with welfare, first helping people find work and then as an administrator. The earlier experience was more direct and satisfying, and I enjoy thinking that a bunch of people somewhere are doing better today than they might have done if not for me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3704/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/3704.v4.jpg" alt="Gail Carson Levine"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Gail Carson Levine</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="03bd2"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="03bd2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3704/03bd2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Most%20of%20my%20job%20life%20has%20had%20to%20do%20with%20welfare%2C%20first%20helping%20people%20find%20work%20and%20then%20as%20an%20administrator.%20The%20earlier%20experience%20was%20more%20direct%20and%20satisfying%2C%20and%20I%20enjoy%20thinking%20that%20a%20bunch%20of%20people%20somewhere%20are%20doing%20better%20today%20than%20they%20might%20have%20done%20if%20not%20for%20me.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3704%2F03bd2%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/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2668/03d98/">Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2668/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/2668.v5.jpg" alt="Walt Disney"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Walt Disney</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="03d98"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a2668/03d98/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/15768.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="03d98" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2668/03d98/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Whenever%20I%20go%20on%20a%20ride%2C%20I%27m%20always%20thinking%20of%20what%27s%20wrong%20with%20the%20thing%20and%20how%20it%20can%20be%20improved.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2668%2F03d98%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303138/15768.v1.jpg&description=Whenever%20I%20go%20on%20a%20ride%2C%20I%27m%20always%20thinking%20of%20what%27s%20wrong%20with%20the%20thing%20and%20how%20it%20can%20be%20improved." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/265/">Always</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1602/">Ride</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2656/03fbf/">I grew up thinking that renting is perfectly normal. And then, strangely enough, I never did buy a house. I live in New York City, and I'm still renting. My own personal narrative shows that it is possible to live a respectable life without ever having owned a home.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2656/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/2656.v4.jpg" alt="Edmund Phelps"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Edmund Phelps</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="03fbf"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="03fbf" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2656/03fbf/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20grew%20up%20thinking%20that%20renting%20is%20perfectly%20normal.%20And%20then%2C%20strangely%20enough%2C%20I%20never%20did%20buy%20a%20house.%20I%20live%20in%20New%20York%20City%2C%20and%20I%27m%20still%20renting.%20My%20own%20personal%20narrative%20shows%20that%20it%20is%20possible%20to%20live%20a%20respectable%20life%20without%20ever%20having%20owned%20a%20home.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2656%2F03fbf%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a872/04930/">I have a long view of history - my orientation is archaeological because I'm always thinking in terms of ancient Greece and Rome, ancient Persia and Egypt.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a872/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/872.v6.jpg" alt="Camille Paglia"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Camille Paglia</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="04930"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a872/04930/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303130/18736.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="04930" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a872/04930/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20a%20long%20view%20of%20history%20-%20my%20orientation%20is%20archaeological%20because%20I%27m%20always%20thinking%20in%20terms%20of%20ancient%20Greece%20and%20Rome%2C%20ancient%20Persia%20and%20Egypt.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa872%2F04930%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303130/18736.v1.jpg&description=I%20have%20a%20long%20view%20of%20history%20-%20my%20orientation%20is%20archaeological%20because%20I%27m%20always%20thinking%20in%20terms%20of%20ancient%20Greece%20and%20Rome%2C%20ancient%20Persia%20and%20Egypt." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/268/">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/255/">History</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3847/04c1d/">Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3847/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/3847.v5.jpg" alt="Zig Ziglar"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zig Ziglar</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="04c1d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="04c1d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3847/04c1d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Positive%20thinking%20will%20let%20you%20do%20everything%20better%20than%20negative%20thinking%20will.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3847%2F04c1d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/681/">Positive</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/303/">Better</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2439/05a43/">If I want to go out and eat at a restaurant with amazing food, I'll do that, like, once a week where I'm not thinking about it. I want to indulge! I want to do things that are not necessarily healthy sometimes.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2439/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/2439.v13.jpg" alt="Kate Hudson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kate Hudson</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="05a43"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="05a43" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2439/05a43/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20I%20want%20to%20go%20out%20and%20eat%20at%20a%20restaurant%20with%20amazing%20food%2C%20I%27ll%20do%20that%2C%20like%2C%20once%20a%20week%20where%20I%27m%20not%20thinking%20about%20it.%20I%20want%20to%20indulge%21%20I%20want%20to%20do%20things%20that%20are%20not%20necessarily%20healthy%20sometimes.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2439%2F05a43%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/121/">Food</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/673/">Amazing</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="/a39419/07a934/">The pictures present an improvised view of life as normal. Life is shown as we think we see it but in fact never do. The pictures imitate life to find a way out.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a39419/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/39419.v5.jpg" alt="David Salle"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">David Salle</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="07a934"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="07a934" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a39419/07a934/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20pictures%20present%20an%20improvised%20view%20of%20life%20as%20normal.%20Life%20is%20shown%20as%20we%20think%20we%20see%20it%20but%20in%20fact%20never%20do.%20The%20pictures%20imitate%20life%20to%20find%20a%20way%20out.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa39419%2F07a934%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/151/">Facts</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a19370/081684/">Disregarding all evidence to the contrary, the student of Truth will maintain that he lives in a PERFECT Universe and among people potentially perfect. He will regulate his thinking to meet this necessity and refuse to believe in its opposite. At first he may be influenced by conditions, and he may appear weak, but as time goes on he will PROVE TO HIMSELF that his position is a correct one, for that which appears imperfect will begin to slip from his experience.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a19370/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/19370.v6.jpg" alt="Ernest Holmes"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ernest Holmes</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="081684"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="081684" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a19370/081684/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Disregarding%20all%20evidence%20to%20the%20contrary%2C%20the%20student%20of%20Truth%20will%20maintain%20that%20he%20lives%20in%20a%20PERFECT%20Universe%20and%20among%20people%20potentially%20perfect.%20He%20will%20regulate%20his%20thinking%20to%20meet%20this%20necessity%20and%20refuse%20to%20believe%20in%20its%20opposite.%20At%20first%20he%20may%20be%20influenced%20by%20conditions%2C%20and%20he%20may%20appear%20weak%2C%20but%20as%20time%20goes%20on%20he%20will%20PROVE%20TO%20HIMSELF%20that%20his%20position%20is%20a%20correct%20one%2C%20for%20that%20which%20appears%20imperfect%20will%20begin%20to%20slip%20from%20his%20experience.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa19370%2F081684%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/117/">Thinking</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/45/">Experience</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9835/0125dc/">I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a9835/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/b/9835.v3.jpg" alt="Marina and the Diamonds"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Marina and the Diamonds</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="0125dc"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0125dc" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9835/0125dc/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20actually%20quite%20like%20promo%2C%20which%20is%20quite%20odd%20for%20an%20artist%2C%20but%20recording%27s%20not%20the%20easiest%20thing.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9835%2F0125dc%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a15272/0147ad/">You can be very honest without telling the truth, at least in art.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a15272/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/8/15272.v2.jpg" alt="Jason Isbell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jason Isbell</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="0147ad"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0147ad" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a15272/0147ad/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=You%20can%20be%20very%20honest%20without%20telling%20the%20truth%2C%20at%20least%20in%20art.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa15272%2F0147ad%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/78/">Truth</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4422/021ad0/">If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4422/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/6/4422.v5.jpg" alt="Patrick Henry"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Patrick Henry</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="021ad0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="021ad0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4422/021ad0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20you%27re%20alone%2C%20I%27ll%20be%20your%20shadow.%20If%20you%20want%20to%20cry%2C%20I%27ll%20be%20your%20shoulder.%20If%20you%20want%20a%20hug%2C%20I%27ll%20be%20your%20pillow.%20If%20you%20need%20to%20be%20happy%2C%20I%27ll%20be%20your%20smile.%20But%20anytime%20you%20need%20a%20friend%2C%20I%27ll%20just%20be%20me.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4422%2F021ad0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/456/">Happy</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/260/">Alone</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/888/">Friend</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a18413/01b52c/">When you're making the film, you don't really think the audience; it's only when you start editing that you really start to became aware of your audience because you're thinking of how you communicate these ideas, and how lucid can you be, and yet stay within the language you've established.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a18413/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/18413.v2.jpg" alt="Jonathan Glazer"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jonathan Glazer</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="01b52c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01b52c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a18413/01b52c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20you%27re%20making%20the%20film%2C%20you%20don%27t%20really%20think%20the%20audience%3B%20it%27s%20only%20when%20you%20start%20editing%20that%20you%20really%20start%20to%20became%20aware%20of%20your%20audience%20because%20you%27re%20thinking%20of%20how%20you%20communicate%20these%20ideas%2C%20and%20how%20lucid%20can%20you%20be%2C%20and%20yet%20stay%20within%20the%20language%20you%27ve%20established.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa18413%2F01b52c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes--cards"> </ul> </main> <aside> <div class="banner--aside"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'); }); </script> </div></div><section class="tags--themes"> <h3>RELEVANT THEMES</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="/topic/11/"> Time </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/20/"> Man </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/27/"> Family </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/30/"> Science </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/67/"> Believe </a> </li> </ul> <a href="/topics/" class="tags__more">More Topics</a> </section> <section class="tags--authors"> <h3>RELEVANT AUTHORS</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/a193/">C. S. Lewis</a></li><li><a href="/a416/">Dalai Lama</a></li><li><a href="/a482/">Warren Buffett</a></li><li><a href="/a520/">Madeleine M. Kunin</a></li><li><a href="/a33427/">Noel Tichy</a></li> </ul> <a href="/authors/" class="tags__more">More Authors</a> </section> <div class="index__social"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citatiscom/" class="i-fb" title="Like us on Facebook" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/citatiscom/" class="i-tw" title="Follow us on Twitter" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/citatis_com/" class="i-inst" title="Follow us on Instagram" target="_blank"></a> </div> </aside>  </div> <footer> <div class="banner--main"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0'> <script> var slotName = "div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0"; if (screen.width <= 1000) { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); } googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(slotName); }); </script> </div></div> <div class="footer"> <p class="footer__copyright">© Citatis, 2017-2025. <wbr />Created by <a href="https://final-level.com/" target="_blank">Final Level</a>.</p> <ul class="footer__navbar" role="menubar"> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/terms/" class="active">Terms</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/privacy/">Privacy</a></li> <li role="menuitem" class="footer__navbar__add"><a href="#popup_auth" data-toggle="modal" role="button">Add Quote</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/widgets/">Widgets</a></li> </ul> <p class="footer__social"> Follow us on: <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citatiscom/" class="i-fb" title="Facebook" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/citatiscom/" class="i-tw" title="Twitter" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/citatis_com/" class="i-inst" title="Instagram" target="_blank"></a> </p> </div> </footer> <div class="modal _login fade" id="popup_auth" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel_0" aria-hidden="true" role="dialog"> <div class="modal__dialog"> <div class="modal__content"> <button class="i-close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" aria-hidden="true"></button> <h3 class="modal__heading" id="myModalLabel_0">Log in, please</h3> <p> Authorization is only required to store your personal settings and favorites. </p> <div class="login__agreement" id="login_agree"> <input type="checkbox" id="user-agree"> <label for="user-agree">I have read and agree with the</label> <a href="/terms/" target="policy">Terms</a> &  <a href="/privacy/" target="policy">Privacy</a> </div> <p> Log in with: </p> <div class="login__social-buttons"> <a href="/social/redirect/1/" class="i-fb disabled" title="Facebook"></a> <a href="/social/redirect/3/" class="i-google disabled" title="Google"></a> <a href="/social/redirect/2/" class="i-tw disabled" title="Twitter"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal fade" id="popup_embed" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="popup_embed_0" aria-hidden="true" role="dialog" style="display: none;"> <div class="modal__dialog"> <div class="modal__content"> <button class="i-close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" aria-hidden="true"></button> <h3 class="modal__heading" id="popup_embed_0">Code for embedding the Quote anywhere</h3> <form> <p> <label for="quote_code"> Use this code for embedding the Quote anywhere </label> </p> <p> <textarea id="quote_code" rows="7" readonly="readonly" onclick="this.focus();this.select();"></textarea> </p> <button id="copy_embed" type="button" class="button">Copy the Code</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel alert--cookies collapse in" id="alert_cookies" role="alertdialog"> <span> This site uses <a href="/privacy/">cookies</a>. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our policies regarding the use of cookies. </span> <span class="action"> <input type="button" id="agree_cookies" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#alert_cookies" aria-expanded="true" value="I agree"> </span> </div> <script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/jquery.js"></script><script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/history.min.vd53c7a13.js"></script><script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/citatis.min.v81864d4f.js"></script><script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/bootstrap.min.v6ac5a32f.js"></script> </body> </html>