"I don't hold animals superior or even equal to humans. The whole case for behaving decently to animals rests on the fact that we are the superior species. We are the species uniquely capable of imagination, rationality, and moral choice - and that is precisely why we are under an obligation to recognize and respect the rights of animals."

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Source : Brigid Brophy (1966). “Don't Ever Forget: Collected Views and Reviews”, London : Cape

Brigid Brophy

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“It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head, an academy figure, or draperies, animals, landscapes, or the like -- in other words, confining himself to some particular object of study. This is so because there is scarcely a person so devoid of genius as to fail of success if he applies himself earnestly to one branch of study and practices it continually.”
“You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.”
“You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.”

Source : Interview with Robert Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. February 5, 2004.
“When I'm at home or at school, I'm casual and comfortable. I tend to wear work out clothes and lots of sweaters.”

Source : "AnnaSophia Robb Spills Her Fashion and Beauty Secrets!". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. April 9, 2011.
“I'm an Academy Award winner. I'm serious.”
“What a creature he was! Never have I felt such a horse between my knees. His great haunches gathered under him with every stride, and he shot forward ever faster and faster, stretched like a greyhound, while the windbeat in my face and whistled past my ears.”
“True creativity is more likely if you are more relaxed”
“If the student fails to learn, the teacher fails to teach.”

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