Ingrid Newkirk Quotes
It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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A man is not complete until he has seen the baby he has made.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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I got in a really bad accident in a Toyota vehicle, but I feel like the safety of the vehicle and God really saved my life.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in this world and being content inside.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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For most Americans, my Chinese music feels like a novelty, and it's not what it is for me.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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Oh! captive, bound, and double-ironed," cried the phantom, "not to know, that ages of incessant labour, by immortal creatures, for this earth must pass into eternity before the good of which it is susceptible is all developed. Not to know that any Christian spirit working kindly in its little sphere, whatever it may be, will find its mortal life too short for its vast means of usefulness. Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused!
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Don't let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.
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Our violence is, as you know, cartoon violence.
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I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
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I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
