"The symbolism of meat-eating is never neutral. To himself, the meat-eater seems to be eating life. To the vegetarian, he seems to be eating death. There is a kind of gestalt-shift between the two positions which makes it hard to change, and hard to raise questions on the matter at all without becoming embattled."

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Source : Mary Midgley (1998). “Animals and why They Matter”, p.27, University of Georgia Press

Mary Midgley

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“When youâ€™re married to Miranda Lambert, you've gotta give her her room because sheâ€™s a powerful force. I think itâ€™s more about just listening and understanding who she is and what her insecurities may be and how to approach our marriage as an open minded listener and a shoulder to lean on.”
“Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.”
“Every person is so different and I dont think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then youre pretty lucky.”
“Plan your progress carefully; hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power.”
“I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.”
“I believe that when people try to live their life at the fullest, there's a certain laughter that comes out of it. The more they try to live their life seriously, the funnier it is. It happens all the time in our real life.”
“No one can teach that which is inside another, each person must find it on his own and find a way to express it.”
“Samassi Abou donâ€™t speak the English too good.”

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