When people say that animal rescuers are crazy, what they really mean is that animal rescuers share a number of fundamental beliefs that makes them easy to marginalize. Among those is the belief that Rene Descartes was a jackass.
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Related What Fucks me... is that we both are the same... we all walk on the same path... but everything is a... DEYTH BANGER I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Rescuers are reaching people that are trapped and alive, and, unfortunately, they are also reaching ... JAROSLAW WOJTASIK All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Be a good guide, tell me what you see, are sure is that? Please try to describe the picture as ... DEYTH BANGER What is it that makes you so angry, bothers you so deeply, that you're compelled to act? CRAIG GROESCHEL Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Speed Reader: Nothing more than… "Getting knowledge in a fast way". (Note: What's that?... 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SUNDAY ADELAJA Those who say 'it's just an animal' are really saying more about themselves than they realize. CHRISTINA ENGELA Being present is being connected to All Things. S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. If people really knew what they were getting into with their third chemotherapy treatment, or gettin... CAITLIN DOUGHTY Challenge a person's beliefs, and you challenge his dignity, standing, and power. And when those bel... STEVEN PINKER The currents out there are very mild, which is working in the favor of rescuers. We saw a massive de... MICHAEL FORBES The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation... GARY L. FRANCIONE Man, an animal that makes bargains. A. C. BENSON Man, an animal that makes bargains. ADAM SMITH If you take a cold, blunt view of most religions, and you sort of say, 'Well, here's the bas... ALEXI ZENTNER 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON Between the natural way and the path of grace there is a deep abyss. It is in that gap that we live ... HAIM SHAPIRA I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quit... DOUGLAS COUPLAND One simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the f... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Warriors believed that a particular animal would represent the power in their heart. They would put ... DALE CARSON Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Mankind are animals that makes bargains, no other animal does this. ADAM SMITH There is a large crack on the icy surface and rescuers couldn't go near at night. BAO SHENGRONG Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True ... MARK TWAIN I always believed in animal spirits. It's not their existence that is new. It's the fact tha... ALAN GREENSPAN People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. HERBERT SPENCER I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know ... TAMMARA WEBBER When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE It is not so much that man is a herd animal, said Freud, but that he is a horde animal led by a chie... ERNEST BECKER That's going to be VEEEEEEERYYYY Nasty.... DEYTH BANGER Of another lie "You said that you will be with me...", "Everything what I want I will get..", but???... DEYTH BANGER Hey... you gonna ignore me like that? ... Forever? ... You gonna rej... DEYTH BANGER We can play now… just do that and that little piece of kinky thoughts… few perverts add and you ... DEYTH BANGER Why try to have pigs fly When ducks already can _ Why try to have pigs fly When ducks already can ELLA C. Jesus asks me to loosen my grip on the things that matter to me. It’s only then He can fill my han... ANUSHA ATUKORALA Mani nogurdina lielās lietas un norises. Es meklēju lielās norises mazajās. IMANTS ZIEDONIS To say that man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's d... REX STOUT Humanitarian: Self-righteous people seeking to promote one's feeling of goodness towards other less ... C. LIDE SANGTAM Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying ... ROBERT LYND Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying ... ROBERT STAUGHTON LYND I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant. OLGA KURYLENKO People have all day to talk about what makes them ordinary. It turns out that they want to share wha... DEREK THOMPSON Man is the religious animal. He is the only religious animal. He is the only animal that has the Tru... 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STEVEN ADLER It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science. STEVEN ADLER GN'R was five guys who were all into different things. I liked pop and disco, Izzy was into New ... STEVEN ADLER