"Back in the eighties, people thought a vegan was someone from Vegas. It's a different world now and I feel lucky to have been a part of the revolution, both for animal rights and gay rights."

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Source : "Senior VP of PETA Dan Mathews: On gay rights, empathy for animals, and getting married under the Las Vegas sign". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Dan Mathews

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“Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe today that we are not safer with his capture, don't have the judgment to be President, or the credibility to be elected President. No one can doubt or should doubt that we are safer - and Iraq is better - because Saddam Hussein is now behind bars.”
“Every year thousands of Americans mistakenly refer to Cinco de Mayo as Mexico's Independence Day.”
“Read as widely as possible, and write every day, even if it's as little as three sentences.”
“Defensively, I think it’s important for us to tackle.”
“Eternity! How know we but we stand On the precipitous and crumbling verge Of Time e'en now, Eternity below?”

Source : Abraham Coles (1880). “The microcosm, and other poems”
“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.”
“I am living here and now. The blessing of my life is that I am totally concentrating on the present moment. And I want to be because there is nothing but the present moment.”
“She was tired of being told how it was by this generation, whoâ€™d botched things so badly. Theyâ€™d sold their children a pack of lies: God and country. Love your parents. All is fair. And then theyâ€™d sent those boys, her brother, off to fight a great monster of a war that maimed and killed and destroyed whatever was inside them. Still they lied, expecting her to mouth the words and play along. Well, she wouldnâ€™t. She knew now that the world was a long way from fair. She knew the monsters were real.”

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