Ingrid Newkirk Quotes
It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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If you can slow the biological process of aging, even a minor slowdown in the rate at which we age yields improvements in virtually every condition of frailty and disability and mortality that we see at later ages.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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People like to hear me say, 'You love me, Chandler Bing. You just don't know you love me.'
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
