"The other animals humans eat, use in science, hunt, trap, and exploit in a variety of ways, have a life of their own that is of importance to them apart from their utility to us. They are not only in the world, they are aware of it. What happens to them matters to them. Each has a life that fares better or worse for the one whose life it is."

-- Tom Regan

#Animal Quotes #World Quotes #Matter Quotes

“But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.”
“The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.”
“People have the right to think and say whatever they want to. But you have the right not to take it to heart, and not to react.”
“Jehovah's Witness are welcomed into my home...You gotta respect anybody who gets all dressed up in Sunday clothes and goes door-to-door on days so hot their high heels sink a half-inch into the pavement.The trick is to do all the talking yourself. Pretty soon, they'll look at their watches and say, 'Speaking of end times, wouldja look at what time it is now!”
“Different people feel differently about resigning”
“It's not the black belt that you wear on your waist. It's the black belt in your heart and knowing that you can go out there and you can do it. That's what a true black belt is.”
“I do read a lot. I read more than I watch movies.”

Source : "And the Winner Is: 'The Great Beauty' for Best Foreign Language Film". Interview with Sydney Levine, www.indiewire.com. March 3, 2014.
“I love fall because I love the whole cuddling aspect of it, and a sweater dress has that vibe of I'm going to hunker down and be warm, but it's also very feminine.”

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