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Rebecca West Novelist, Journalist
Dog

"Writers on the subject of August Strindberg have hitherto omitted to mention that he could not write. ... Strindberg, who was neither a good nor a wise man, had a stroke of luck. He went mad. He lost the power of inhibition. Everything down to the pettiest suspicion that the dog had been given the leanest mutton chop, poured out of his lips. Men of his weakness and sensuality are usually, from their sheer brutishness, unable to express themselves. But Strindberg was mad and articulate. That is what makes him immortal."

Writing Wise Dog
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Rebel Wilson Actress
Dog

"I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business."

Want Dog Steps
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Dog

"On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray."

Play Dog Happiness
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Scott Adams Cartoonist
Dog

"In the future, airplanes will be flown by a dog and a pilot. And the dog's job will be to make sure that if the pilot tries to touch any of the buttons, the dog bites him."

Jobs Dog Airplane
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Scott Adams Cartoonist
Dog

"Computers and rocket ships are examples of invention, not of understanding. ... All that is needed to build machines is the knowledge that when one thing happens, another thing happens as a result. It's an accumulation of simple patterns. A dog can learn patterns. There is no "why&rdqo"; in those examples. We don't understand why electricity travels. We don't know why light travels at a constant speed forever. All we can do is observe and record patterns."

Science Dog Knowledge
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Thomas Huxley Biologist, Anthropologist
Dog

"Tolerably early in life I discovered that one of the unpardonable sins, in the eyes of most people, is for a man to go about unlabeled. The world regards such a person as the police do an unmuzzled dog."

Men Eye Dog
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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
Dog

"We have already given in example one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body"

War Dog Example
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"It definitely could have been a horror story [Valley of Violence], oh my God, if the dog was impossible. So could the horses."

Dog Horse Horror Stories
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"Ethan [Hawke] just - they got along great. He got to act with a dog, for real, and it felt like Jumpy was acting with him. It was a surreal thing to watch. When you watch the movie [Valley of Violence], you just kind of accept it. But if you do think about how we show - there's a dog and a movie star interacting - and you buy it. That's crazy."

Stars Dog Crazy
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of."

Animal Dog Example
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"I found Jumpy on YouTube. I wrote a movie about a guy with a dog and was like, "What have I done? This is going to be a nightmare. We're a small movie and we're never going to be able to do this.""

Done Guy Dog
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that's as far as I could go, and that's not even close. The dog's amazing."

Dog Too Much Valleys
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in movies. Hopefully when people think about the movie when they go home, they're like, "That's weird. He's maybe crazy. He's talking to a dog the whole time.""

Home Dog Crazy
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Ti West Filmmaker
Dog

"One of my favorite scenes of the movie [Valley of Violence] is when Ethan Hawke is sitting at the campfire with the dog."

Dog Sitting Valleys
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Tom Hanks Actor, Producer
Dog

"Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods. They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?"

War Dog Yellow
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Torquil Campbell Musician
Dog

"I think people are naturally good, I see it every day. Look at this restaurant. No one's causing anybody any trouble in here. We're all sitting, respecting each other's space, we're keeping our voices down, we're saying "please" and "thank you" - those are acts of generosity that we commit on a second by second basis that we don't give ourselves enough credit for. There's a lot of kindness in this world, we're just such vain creatures; our vanity can be used against us so easily. We're like dogs, hairless dogs."

Thinking Dog Kindness
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Seneca the Younger Philosopher, Statesman
Dog

"What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate."

War Life Dog
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Robbie Williams Singer, Songwriter
Dog

"I'm on good form. I'm an older guy. I feel healthy, I've been training, I'm looking after myself, I get up early. I look after the dogs. I'm happy."

Guy Dog Up Early
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Robert Adams Photographer
Dog

"Art depends on there being affection in its creator's life and an artist must find ways, like everyone else, to nourish it. A photographer down on his or her knees picturing a dog has found pleasure enough to make many things possible."

Art Dog Knees
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