Caryl Chessman (Caryl Whittier Chessman) Quotes
It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.
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Most of the time, those who use animals in experiments justify that use by pointing to alleged benefits to human and animal health and the supposed necessity of using animals to obtain those benefits.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.
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It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
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White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.
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When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that I can actually get a story down on paper.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.
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A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
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Every unwanted animal ends up on my farm: alpacas and horses and dogs and cats and chickens and ducks and parrots and fish and guinea pigs.
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We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.
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'You only blinched inside,' said Pooh, 'and that's the bravest way for a Very Small Animal not to blinch that there is.'
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Here was irrefutable proof that he was using the Holocaust to speak of the extermination of animal life. Doomed creatures that could not speak for themselves were being given the voice of a most articulate people who had been similarly doomed. He was seeing the tragic fate of animals through the tragic fate of Jews. The Holocaust as allegory.
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What if I am an aficionado of bullfights and I think, contrary to the animal cruelty people, that they ennoble both beast and man. I would not be able to market videos showing people how exciting a bullfight.
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I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.
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A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.
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Some people say, 'Maude Apatow is my spirit animal.' I get that a lot. They tweet it to me.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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What is luck but something made to run out.
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… even scarier is why people have stopped thinking global warming is real. One major reason, pollsters say, is, 'we had a very cold, snowy winter'. Which is like saying the sun might not be real because last night it got dark.
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It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear and without bravado. I owe that much to myself.
