"There are lots of gun rights groups, but the one that you hear about and the one that is feared is the NRA. I'd rather be loved -- and feared."

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“Animals for the most part just need to be left alone.”

“Interviewer: ould you let people hunt for food if they did it respectfully?”

“I don’t love animals or think they are cute.”

“The whole ‘rights’ thing is fraught with so much. I’m not sure I believe in any natural right.”

“If society says that it doesn’t want the recreational killing of wildlife then we should do away with it, just the way we’ve done away with cockfighting and dogfighting.”

“We equate speciesism—the belief that one’s species is superior to all others—with racism and sexism.”

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Music1946

#love

"Girls are strategic. They will talk about love and romance and all that crap but when it comes to doing the deal they will choose the fattest chicken."

— Chetan Bhagat

Literature1974

#love

"A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigor of the game."

— Charles Lamb

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"I’ve been a vegetarian for 14 years, just about my entire racing career. The past 3 years I’ve been completely vegan, which means I don’t use any animal products whatsoever. … Hard training is, at its…"

— Adam Myerson

1972

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