#making

I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should be making if we really believe that animal exploitation is wrong, but because these approaches cannot work as a practical matter. Animals are property and it costs money to protect their interests; therefore, the level of protection accorded to animal interests will always be low and animals will, under the best of circumstances, still be treated in ways that would constitute torture if applied to humans. By endorsing welfare reforms that supposedly make exploitation more “compassionate” or single-issue campaigns that falsely suggest that there is a coherent moral distinction between meat and dairy or between fur and wool or between steak and foie gras, we betray the principle of justice that says that all sentient beings are equal for purposes of not being used exclusively as human resources. And, on a practical level, we do nothing more than make people feel better about animal exploitation. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#abolitionist #ahimsa #animals #education #exploitation

As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists. ↗

— Tim Conway

#along #better #better way #comedy #defense

I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records. ↗

— Norman Cook

#english #english people #i #i think #lot

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time. ↗

— John Cale

#doing #i #making #records #same

What is the harm of doing the right thing? What is the harm of doing our job as legislators and making sure we do not stick the entire bankruptcy community with these provisions that do not make any sense? ↗

— Russ Feingold

#bankruptcy #community #doing #doing the right thing #entire

If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad. ↗

— James Cameron

#child #childless #die #even #film

You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything. ↗

— James Cameron

#business #ever #film #film making #gives

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#credits #generally #go #keep #making

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#hate #hates #i #issued #less

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#certain #demonstrated #film #films #i