#vegetarian

Humans — who enslave, castrate, experiment on, and fillet other animals — have had an understandable penchant for pretending animals do not feel pain. A sharp distinction between humans and 'animals' is essential if we are to bend them to our will, make them work for us, wear them, eat them — without any disquieting tinges of guilt or regret. It is unseemly of us, who often behave so unfeelingly toward other animals, to contend that only humans can suffer. The behavior of other animals renders such pretensions specious. They are just too much like us. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#been #cannot #creatures #eat #feel

I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga or sport several times a week. ↗

— John McLaughlin

#been #day #diet #either #every

But I'm also a vegetarian so there's another factor I guess. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#another #factor #guess #i #vegetarian

I've never followed a vegan or vegetarian diet in the past, but I think I could do it. It would not be easy. I have worked with nutritionists who have said a vegan diet is not necessarily all positive for your health, because you need nutrients you only find in meats. I believe in a balanced diet. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

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Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter. ↗

— Andy Rooney

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