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Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1121/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1/1121.v3.jpg" alt="R. Buckminster Fuller"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">R. 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My brother's a drummer and I've always been jealous that he's such a good drummer. I always try to play but it's always kinda just bashing. I can keep time but no one really wants to hear me play drums.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1648/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/1648.v9.jpg" alt="Nat Wolff"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Nat Wolff</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="3bbd"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3bbd" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1648/3bbd/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20can%20play%20a%20bunch%20of%20instruments%20but%20drums%3F%20My%20brother%27s%20a%20drummer%20and%20I%27ve%20always%20been%20jealous%20that%20he%27s%20such%20a%20good%20drummer.%20I%20always%20try%20to%20play%20but%20it%27s%20always%20kinda%20just%20bashing.%20I%20can%20keep%20time%20but%20no%20one%20really%20wants%20to%20hear%20me%20play%20drums.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1648%2F3bbd%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/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1205/">Brother</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a828/31135/">I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a828/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/828.v5.jpg" alt="Kate Smith"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kate Smith</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31135"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31135" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a828/31135/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20been%20extremely%20lucky%20with%20reviewers%20and%20critics%20throughout%20my%20career.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa828%2F31135%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/332/">Career</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1927/">Lucky</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2942/">Critics</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="/a520/311f3/">Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.</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. Kunin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Madeleine M. 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When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a800/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/800.v6.jpg" alt="Nadia Comaneci"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Nadia Comaneci</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="31388"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31388" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a800/31388/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=People%20always%20accused%20me%20of%20not%20smiling%20like%20my%20rival%20Olga%20Korbut%2C%20but%20that%20was%20just%20my%20personality.%20When%20you%27re%20balancing%20on%20a%20nine-inch%20beam%2C%20you%20have%20to%20concentrate.%20But%20if%20you%20look%20back%20at%20the%20footage%2C%20I%20was%20always%20smiling%20and%20waving%20at%20the%20crowd%20after%20my%20performances.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa800%2F31388%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/426/">Personality</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1570/">Smiling</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a810/31774/">Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a810/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/810.v4.jpg" alt="Mahesh Babu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Mahesh Babu</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="31774"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31774" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a810/31774/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Over%20the%20years%2C%20with%20all%20the%20experience%2C%20I%27ve%20become%20more%20mature%20about%20the%20subjects%20I%20pick.%20I%20have%20a%20better%20understanding%20of%20what%20works%20at%20the%20box%20office.%20Once%20the%20story%20is%20finalised%2C%20I%20surrender%20to%20the%20director%20and%20follow%20him.%20After%20that%2C%20my%20performances%20speak%20for%20themselves.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa810%2F31774%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/45/">Experience</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/24/">Understanding</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="/a1036/31c29/">My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1036/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/1036.v5.jpg" alt="Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen</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="31c29"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31c29" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1036/31c29/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=My%20father%20taught%20me%20many%20important%20giving%20lessons%2C%20but%20two%20stand%20out.%20First%2C%20always%20give%20as%20much%20as%20you%20possibly%20can.%20And%20second%2C%20give%20equally%20from%20among%20your%20resources%20-%20your%20time%2C%20your%20mind%20and%20your%20capital.%20These%20are%20principles%20I%20live%20by.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1036%2F31c29%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/150/">Important</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/199/">Live</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a723/31d47/">It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a723/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/723.v5.jpg" alt="Magdi Yacoub"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Magdi Yacoub</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="31d47"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31d47" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a723/31d47/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20is%20totally%20unacceptable%20that%20there%20are%20countries%20with%20no%20paediatric%20cardiac%20surgeries.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa723%2F31d47%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/3261/">Countries</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3567/">Unacceptable</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2498/31ea4/">The remarkable thing about 'Avatar' is the degree to which the technology is integral to the story. It is important to show Pandora and its Na'Vi natives in 3-D because 'Avatar' is fundamentally about the moral necessity of seeing other beings fully.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2498/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/2498.v7.jpg" alt="Adam Cohen"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Adam Cohen</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="31ea4"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31ea4" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2498/31ea4/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20remarkable%20thing%20about%20%27Avatar%27%20is%20the%20degree%20to%20which%20the%20technology%20is%20integral%20to%20the%20story.%20It%20is%20important%20to%20show%20Pandora%20and%20its%20Na%27Vi%20natives%20in%203-D%20because%20%27Avatar%27%20is%20fundamentally%20about%20the%20moral%20necessity%20of%20seeing%20other%20beings%20fully.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2498%2F31ea4%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/150/">Important</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/558/">Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/93/">Moral</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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