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"I have no neighbours other than animals and Joshua Trees."
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"Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid."

"It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians."

"Research has shown that a barren environment is much more damaging to baby animals than it is to adult animals. It does not hurt the adult animals the same way it damages babies."

"When it comes to wilderness animals we have to make an effort to preserve what areas we can that they can be themselves in. Its come to a point though, clearly, where some species have to be cared for by humans if they are not going to disappear altogether."

"I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up."

"If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet."

"The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery."

"Because animals are property, we consider as "humane treatment" that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans."
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"I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything."

"I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child."

"I would never kill a living thing, although I probably have inadvertently while driving automobiles."

"I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any."

"Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't."
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