Ingrid Newkirk Quotes
Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.
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I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.
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We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
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Conservatives are charitable, forgiving, and are always - always - more willing to laugh at themselves.
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I'm not looking to shock anyone.
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Kurt Russell is so dreamy. Plus, he's great to work with, really respectful.
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Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.
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God is everywhere.
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Usually I like to have them, but going drum-less pushes everything in a new direction and makes it easier to keep things sounding different.
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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I will try to give my 100% in the field and do my job.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously.
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In college, I took an acting class as a lark. I was surprised by how much it interested me. It seemed like something I could do my whole life and always try to get better at.
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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
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I believe in working with songs that have personal value for me.
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Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.
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It is essential that there should not only be a limit on campaign spending but it should be required to say where that money is spent and how it is spent. I think there has been more abuse in campaign spending, actually, than in campaign contributors.
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The last thing we wanted to do was audition a long line of permanent bassists.
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The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.
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Our nonviolent tactics are not as effective. We ask nicely for years and get nothing. Someone makes a threat, and it works.
