"The great disadvantage of being in a rat race is that it is humiliating. The competitors in a rat race are by definition rodents."

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Margaret Halsey

#Race Quotes #Rodents Quotes #Definitions Quotes

“Because prison sentences in America tend to be long, de-incarceration lags falling crime rates by a fair amount, but eventually it does catch up.”
“No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
“Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.”
“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”
“Any climate scientist will tell you that an unusually warm month - or even a whole warm winter - doesn't mean much. It's the long-term trend that counts.”

Source : "For Russian Farmers, Climate Change Is Nyet So Great". "All Things Considered" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 21, 2016.
“When I was 8 years old, my brother was making the noises of the animals I was eating, so I decided to go vegetarian. Then I would give up because I was 8.”
“Just physically, if you looked at the house that I grew up in, my mother created this greenhouse. And surrounded the entire property. And there was, like, trees and sculptures and like - it was, like, this crazy, like, secret garden space.”
“The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing alive enough to have strength to die. (from "Neutral Tones")”

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