"When children see animals in a circus, they learn that animals exist for our amusement. Quite apart from the cruelty involved in training and confining these animals, the whole idea that we should enjoy the humiliating spectacle of an elephant or lion made to perform circus tricks shows a lack of respect for the animals as individuals."

-- Peter Singer

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“I've wanted to make movies for so long. I learned most of what I know from director commentaries and behind the scenes featurettes and criterions.”
“I'm a Catholic, and I have always been fascinated by not just my religion, but religion in general, in the sense that it is the ultimate brand that they're trying to sell. Whereas Ford is trying to sell cars, the Vatican is trying to sell salvation, which is a much better product to be peddling.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“In my 35 years in business I have always trusted my emotions. I have always believed that by touching emotion you get the best people to work with you, the best clients to inspire you, the best partners and most devoted customers.”

Source : Kevin Roberts (2005). “Lovemarks: the future beyond brands”, p.38, powerHouse Books
“Well isnâ€™t that one thing youâ€™re all the more wise for? Age has taught you something. It seems to me that you know the big secret. That nobody knows whatâ€™s going on”
“This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale which no previous age could have dreaded or dreamed of.”
“Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.”
“The fifties were pretty rebellious, a pretty rebellious period, around that time. And it was preceding the whole zoot suit thing which I think really contributed to a lot of anxiety, to a lot of frustration, a lot of blaming. And it just like boom, it was very destructive for us as a people, that right away put us on like we had to defend ourselves on every level, every moment. We seemed like we always had to be on guard.”
“It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.”

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