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Aviva Cantor
"It is a surprisingly close progression from hunting animals to hunting and torturing people.. catching and lynching blacks or smoking out Jews during the Holocaust." --
Source : "The Club, the Yoke, and the Leash: What We Can Learn From the Way a Culture Treats Animals". Ms. magazine, Vol. 12, No. 2, August 1983.
Aviva Cantor
#Animal Quotes
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#Lynching Quotes
“If you took an IQ test, the results would be negative.”
“Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. If you adopt their attitudes, then the possibility won't exist because you'll have already shut it out...You can hear other people's wisdom, but you've got to re-evaluate the world for yourself.”
“However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.”
“Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience.”
“I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.”
“So what is this feadnach? Is it another curse that makes me beholden to slaves and shrews?' 'No, my lord. It is your heart. Difficult as it may be to comprehend, there is a possibility you may have one.”
“You always get apprehensive before you do shoots.”
“I looked down at the little pink face in the bundle. A newborn. The child had been alive only minutes but was already considered a criminal by the Soviets.”
Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.28, Penguin