QUOTES
...you
can make little choices that can change the world to be a better, happier, lovelier
place every day
I've
gained so much confidence as a woman from figuring out that I don't want to be
destructive. I don't want to stomp through the world and be number one. I just
want to tread really lightly and not destroy anything. Hopefully, I can try to
mend some things. That's my goal.
"My
life has become about trying to find effective ways to be as responsible with
the choices I make -- in food, clothing and everything else. I don't want to be
responsible for the harm of any creature, person or animal."
It's important to see what we can do to make a difference, but it's more important
to me to do it every single day.
Once
people spend time with farm animals in a loving way ... a pig or cow or a little
chicken or a turkey, they might find they relate with them the same way they relate
with dogs and cats. People don't really think of them that way because they're
on the plate. Why should they be food when other animals are pets? I would never
eat my doggies.
Animals
are being exploited in such an unbelievable way; it's not acceptable. PETA is
trying to get your attention, and they're successful at it. ... If you talk to
people who grew up on a farm, they'll tell you that they had an experience where
they were taking care of a cow, and one day their parents took it away and killed
it. It's a torturous experience for them, and that's when they became hard. People
are taught to be grown-up or whatever, and that's dumb. That bond they had with
that cow or chicken was real.
I
know what it feels like to be hurt,and I don't want to cause that pain to any
other person or creature. But somehow, in society, we numb ourselves in order
to make money or to feel better about ourselves, such as with cosmetics or food.
We say to ourselves, I'm going to use this animal. I'm going to say it doesn't
have much worth so that I can allow myself to do these cruel things. And that
just isn't fair.
I
don't have any understanding of a human being who doesn't respect the beauty of
life and that goes for all creatures that have thoughts,feelings and needs.
