Quotes
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Patricia McConnell

"We humans are in such a strange positionâ€”we are still animals whose behavior reflects that of our ancestors, yet we are uniqueâ€”unlike any other animal on earth. Our distinctiveness separates us and makes it easy to forget where we came from. Perhaps dogs help us remember the depth of our roots, reminding usâ€”the animals at the other end of the leashâ€”that we may be special, but we are not alone. No wonder we call them our best friends."

Source : Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. (2009). “The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs”, p.225, Ballantine Books

Patricia McConnell

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“I thought instead of a good rule for survival on Wall Street: Never agree to anything proposed on someone else's boat or you'll regret in in the morning.”
“Once you get into entertaining a quarter of a million people, it's a very weird place to be.”

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“From class consciousness to class hatred was but a step.”
“It can sometimes be a hearbreaking struggle for us to arrive at a place where we are no longer afraid of the child inside us. We often fear that people won't take us seriously, or that they won't think us qualified enough. For the sake of being accepted, we can forget our source and put on one of the rigid masks of professionalism or conformity that society is continually offering us. The childlike part of us is the part that, like the Fool, simply does and says, without needing to qualify himself or strut his credentials.”
“I was the darkest skinned person in my family. I remember how I used to feel - like I wasn't pretty enough, or I wasn't good enough.”

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“In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.”
“But I also say this: that light is an invitation to happiness, and that happiness, when it's done right, is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive.”
“If I do marry, I'll expect a pretty serious dowry. I'm talking goats, pigs, chickens, the works.”

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