#mentality

Anthropomorphism originally meant the attribution of human characteristics to God. It is curious that the word is now used almost exclusively to ascribe human characteristics--such as fidelity or altruism or pride, or emotions such as love, embarrassment, or sadness--to the nonhuman animal. One isguilty of anthropomorphism, though it is no longer a sacrilegious word. It is a derogatory, dismissive one that connotes a sort of rampant sentimentality. It’s just another word in the arsenal of the many words used to attack the animal rights movement. ↗

— Joy Williams

#animals #anthromorphism #sentimentality #love

I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not that kind of a fan. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#being #fan #i #kind #mentality

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. ↗

— Lord Acton

#control #few #frequently #gangsters #get

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#breakthrough #came #city #else #every

When I’m asleep I’m a politician, and when I’m awake I’m a criminal. Throughout the day and night, my mentality never changes.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#criminal #crooks #day #mentality #mindset

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#demands #lord #mentality #president #russian

I don't think I would take the game with the same mentality that I do now if I hadn't been injured. ↗

— Candace Parker

#game #hadn #i #i do #injured

What's so special about this team is that we all have the same mentality, this sort of, 'We've been knocked down, let's get back up' mentality. ↗