Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
The more exposure people have to the realities of factory farming, the more we will see people rejecting it. It's already happening.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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When I was a kid, I always had my hair in two plaits. But for dancing, I had to have it in a bun because I did ballet.
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But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
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I used to try and concentrate the poem so much that there wasn't a word that wasn't essential. This leads to becoming boring and constipated.
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The premium tax credit that is in the Obama plan is exactly that - it is a tax credit, and it isn't cash. It is a discount on the amount that you pay for an individual policy based on your family size and your income.
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I love driving around east London - it's always full of surprises. Actually, I don't drive myself - I like to be driven.
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You can't snap your fingers, and suddenly half of Congress is women.
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If we assume, very conservatively, that there are two million species in the tropical rainforests, this means that something like five thousand species are being lost each year. This comes to roughly fourteen species a day, or one every hundred minutes.
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The more exposure people have to the realities of factory farming, the more we will see people rejecting it. It's already happening.
