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Don Van Vliet

"I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either."

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"I don't look like a desert person because I stay indoors most of the day and fool around at night. That's what the desert animals do - they don't have a tan either."

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"Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid."

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

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"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."

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"The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals."

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"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."

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

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

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"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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"First I wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realized you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead."

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"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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