"If we are prepared to take the life of another being merely in order to satisfy our taste for a particular type of food, then that being is no more than a means to our end."

-- Peter Singer

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“I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set in with my father. He was in a nursing home with dementia at the end of his life, but it happened for me personally 10 years ago. My father was much older than my mother, so I experienced it as a pretty young person. People's parents die at various ages, but my father died of mortality. He died of being an old person. Illness and stuff happened, but essentially, he was old and he was going to die.”
“The reality is you must realize that this was a choice made by the impostor. We all have choices, and there is always a better solution than to steal. They have chosen to sacrifice you for their own needs.”
“There are some moments in life, some feelings; one can only point to them and pass by.”

Source : Robyn Davidson (2012). “Tracks”, p.3, A&C Black
“Itâ€™s time to write dangerous music. Itâ€™s time to take risks. Itâ€™s time to wear your heart on your sleeve, and sing about the things that actually matter to you. Itâ€™s time to bury the shackles of religious expectation and stop trying to put new clothes on the dead.”
“I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me. When I was in college, I actually had them change the starting lineup to say 'from Robbins, Illinois' instead of 'Chicago, Illinois.'”
“I think what motivated me was just hope. Something inside of me, deep down in my guts, always felt like there was something in there.”

Source : "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29, 2012.
“John Carmack, who has become interested in focusing on things other than game development at id, has resigned from the studio. Johnâ€™s work on id Tech 5 and the technology for the current development work at id is complete, and his departure will not affect any current projects. We are fortunate to have a brilliant group of programmers at id who worked with John and will carry on idâ€™s tradition of making great games with cutting-edge technology. As colleagues of John for many years, we wish him well.”

Source : "Doom Creator John Carmack Officially Leaves id Software". Interview with Mitch Dyer, www.ign.com. November 22, 2013.
“The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.”

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