"When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of the First Precept. It is absolutely forbidden to Buddhists. As to eating meat, we know that the only way we can obtain it is for an animal to be killed. Therefore, when we eat meat, it is our intent that an innocent animal should die to satisfy our addiction to flesh. And that underlying intention, no matter how well hidden behind a smokescreen of rationalizations will block the growth of compassion and create negative karma."

-- Norm Phelps

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“Fear God, yes, but don't be afraid of Him.”
“When I finished my last job, at Global Crossing, it was the first time in God knows how many years that I wasn't in a job. It was probably 32 years or so, and there I was, it was like pow!”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even punishment involved in trying to make your child understand, learn from bad experiences and make sure they don't happen again.”

Source : "The Mannings On Fatherhood". Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.”
“Losses of a kind of satisfaction that have no market equivalent don't show up in the calculations of economists.”
“Our real world has evolved. It's become something much different, and inadvertently about healthcare, and about what it means to have good health, and to be able to have good health.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Every day is my best day...I'm not going to have this moment again.”
“People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we find ourselves fascinated because we're trying to understand why people behave the way they do, why they make the choices they do, how we become who we become.”

Source : Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. February 15, 2012.

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