Animal Quote by Ruth Westheimer

“My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.” quote by Ruth Westheimer — Download Open image

“My favorite animal is the turtle. The reason is that in order for the turtle to move, it has to stick its neck out.”

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I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one fish was caught, he was writhing, then he was thrown against the side of the boat. You couldn't disguise what it was. This was what we did to animals to eat them. The animal went from…

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Animals know nothing of themselves, and they also know nothing of the world.

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When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.

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A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

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“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one is food for worms. This is the terror: to have emerged from nothing, to have a name, consciousness of self, deep inner feelings, an excruciating inner yearning for life and self-expression and with all this yet…

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