"There are no ordinary cats."
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"Just watching my cats can make me happy."
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"Teach your children how to behave with animals. Adopt a pet. Don't go buy one. Please. That's a sin. Let's get these puppy mills out of business."
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"Heartbreak is life educating us."
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"The reason domestic pets are so lovable and so helpful to us is because they enjoy, quietly and placidly, the present moment."
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"A Chihuahua. They're good. If you lose one, just empty out your purse."
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"Dogs are our link to paradise."
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"The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized. They keep millions of people sane."
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"I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff."
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"places to hunt places to hide are getting harder to find, and pet canaries and goldfish too, did you notice that?"
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"I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone."
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"Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man."
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"A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion."
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"Hey! You can be more than just a car company. You can be more than just a pet food company. You can aspire to loving dogs, rather than just feeding dogs."
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"It doesn't matter if an animal can reason. It matters only that it is capable of suffering and that is why I consider it my neighbor."
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"The biggest dog has been a pup."
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"Joyful, joyful, joyful, as only dogs know how to be happy with only the autonomy of their shameless spirit."
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"He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to be less of a pet and more of a friend, if I might choose; but I won't complain of that: I am only afraid his affection loses in depth where it gains in ardour. I sometimes liken it to a fire of dry twigs and branches compared with one of solid coal, very bright and hot; but if it should burn itself out and leave nothing but ashes behind."
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"Like all pure creatures, cats are practical."
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"A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still."
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