Patrick Ness Quotes
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Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.
Gary L. Francione -
In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
Natalie Jeremijenko -
Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
Bebe Neuwirth -
I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.
Yann Martel -
The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick.
Laura Mennell -
I have always loved animals since I was very young.
Nafisa Joseph
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I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.
Kaskade -
I'm definitely an animal lover, and I stand up for all animals' rights.
Laura Mennell -
One of the things that's frustrated me as a deep-sea explorer is how many animals there probably are in the ocean that we know nothing about because of the way we explore the ocean.
Edith Widder -
I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
Tatiana Maslany -
I love shooting guns. Not at people or animals, but I love shooting blanks!
Maggie Q -
When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.
Quvenzhane Wallis
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So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.
Gayle Forman -
I chase after inspiring stories.
Vera Farmiga -
Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.
Bea Arthur -
I've been out all over the world tranquilizing animals.
Jack Hanna -
Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.
Malcolm de Chazal -
Animals in the wild are lean, and I think we should be too.
Eddie Izzard
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Stories don’t always have happy endings.
Patrick Ness -
Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.
William Makepeace Thackeray -
Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.
Lee Iacocca -
We can't discount how scary and shaken not just the Turkish government is, but Turkish society is. Imagine if you had some rump group of military officials here in the United States who started flying off with F-16s or other artillery and were taking shots at government buildings, and people were killed and injured. People would be scared and rightfully so.
Barack Obama -
My parents and grandparents always made me feel fortunate. I'm in a position to help others feel the same. It's just in my heart and is something I feel very very strong about.
Kevin Martin -
Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
Patrick Ness