"Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another."

-- Irving Townsend

#Cat Quotes #Animal Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“The women of this country ought be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want.”
“The torture that they are coming up with in China is so creative. They have this other method where they'll take a bamboo and they'll plant it in your anus and just let it grow. So patient. Man, watch out for China, I say. They have all the ambition as we do but none of the heart.”
“The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.”
“You can always become better.”
“The U.S. government officials lie when they talk about human rights. They're a bunch of hypocrites and liars. You can't take it seriously.”

Source : Eqbal Ahmad, David Barsamian (2000). “Eqbal Ahmad, Confronting Empire: Interviews with David Barsamian”, p.51, South End Press
“I read, watch television, watch movies, hang out with family. I like my clothes and I have great cars, and I drive those. But for most people, it's like, "That's boring. You don't club? You don't party?"”
“I just needed a job. Before being hired as an usher at the CBS Theater, I didn't even know there was a show business.”
“There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.”

Source : David Rakoff (2010). “Half Empty”, p.198, Anchor

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