"Some of the wildest men make the best pets."
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"Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period."
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"When they are among us cats are angels"
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"Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue."
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"Somewhere in the rain, there will always be an abandoned dog that prevents you from being happy."
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"Pets are the world to me. I think they are the most obvious manifestations of divine love that we are going to see this side of eternity."
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"When a Cat adopts you, and I am not superstitious at all I don't mean only Black cats there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it and wait until the wind changes."
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"So many people have that relationship. The companionship. The connection. To our - to other beings, our pets. I hate to call them pets. But you know, to other creatures that we share our lives with."
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"The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of man - whether this be in entertainment, as "pets," for food, in research laboratories, or any of the other uses to which we subject them."
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"When we admit our vulnerability, we include others. If we deny it, we shut them out."
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"Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each is worth a billion dollars. You sell me the dog for a billion, and I sell you the cat for a billion. Now we are no longer pet owners but Icelandic banks, with a billion dollars in new assets."
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"At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. I find it hard to take in what anyone says."
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"Chihuahuas are the perfect pet if you don't have a person in your life who screams and shits their pants every time there's a noise."
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"A canter is the cure for all evil."
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"I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs."
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"Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course."
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"There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours."
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"Here, Gentlemen, a dog teaches us a lesson in humanity."
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"I used to have this little mouse. I buy birds from the pet store and I let them go."
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"When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be."
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