Ingrid Newkirk Quotes
I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on earth to do. Even after I am gone I will try to continue.
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I think comedy has evolved like every art form, and people probably do less standing around and telling jokes, and more things that have to do with reality.
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I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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You can crush any woman by suggesting that she's fat, not even saying the word 'fat' but just suggesting she's fat.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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I love iTunes as much as anybody. It's very convenient and very easy. But there is nothing like the vibe that you get when you walk into a record store. And I think a lot of people are still thrilled to spend a half hour there and go through the bins and make some purchases.
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No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
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The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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I was born left-handed, but I was made to use my other hand. When I was writing 'Famished Road,' which was very long, I got repetitive stress syndrome. My right wrist collapsed, so I started using my left hand. The prose I wrote with my left hand came out denser, so later on I had to change it.
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High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year we were doing Latin, chemistry, biology. I mean, I was woefully unprepared for the type of study.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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Relieving the risk of a nuclear conflict with Iran diplomatically is superior than trying to do that militarily.
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The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison.
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I am just trying to make the best possible case for the animals. That is clearly what I have been put on earth to do. Even after I am gone I will try to continue.
