James Marcus quotes

“Some say vegetarianism is an alternative diet, but it is the original diet, the plan designed by God.”
-- James Marcus

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“GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.”
-- James Marcus

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“Spaying is a compromise in terms of reverence for life, but perhaps a necessary one in a society which kills millions of dogs and cats a year in "animal shelters".”
-- James Marcus

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“GREAT SECRET Whenever I’m learning something difficult, I keep expectations low, and aspirations high.”
-- James Marcus

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“Like his admirer Samuel Beckett, Johnson locates his voices among conditions of such deprivation that even the most miserable memories are gilded by comparison: this paradox fuels equal parts of comedy and pathos. Never sentimental, at once corrosive and elegiac, House Mother Normal is a remarkable achievement.”
-- James Marcus

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“I have an animal friendly Bible.”
-- James Marcus

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“I'm good with machines. I know where to scratch, pet, and tickle them.”
-- James Marcus

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“Every time we sit down to eat, we make a choice: Please choose vegetarianism. Do it for animals. Do it for the environment and do it for your health.”

Source : "Meet Your Meat". Documentary Film, May 01, 2002.

“Vegetarianism is a way of living consciously on the planet.”

“I think vegetarianism is a crucial ethical choice for an individual and a society.”

“Vegetarianism can easily reach religious proportions. Refraining from meat on moral grounds serves to dignify feelings of guilt toward sad-eyed, furry creatures and substitutes righteousness for squeamishness.”

“I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.”

“The average age (longevity) of a meat eater is 63. I am on the verge of 85 and still work as hard as ever. I have lived quite long enough and am trying to die; but I simply cannot do it. A single beef-steak would finish me; but I cannot bring myself to swallow it. I am oppressed with a dread of living forever. That is the only disadvantage of vegetarianism.”

“American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.”

“Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.”

“Right afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.”

“I'm not a vegetarian.”

Source : "Transcript: Carol Alt Talks About 'Eating in the Raw'". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2005.