116 Quotes About Adopting

  • Author Tim Adams
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    Working with groups like that and working with the rescues as well as adopting animals out is (how) we work to find these animals homes. The key to the whole overpopulation issue is spay/neuter, though. That's what it comes down to is we've got to really push the spay/neuter concept because that's what will begin to drop these numbers.

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  • Author Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
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    IMPARTIAL, adj. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy or adopting either of two conflicting opinions.

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  • Author Geraldine Brooks
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    So, you know, Nathaniel was my first child, born when I was 40, so, uh... And then in due course, he wanted a brother, and then I thought, 'Oh, that'll be bloody lucky!' So, we ended up adopting a beautiful boy who was then five years old, from Ethiopia.

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  • Author Judith Butler
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    What is ironic is that equating Zionism with Jewishness, is adopting the very tactic favoured by anti-semites.

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  • Author Lisa Baker
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    It's a heartbreaking situation for us in animal services and for everyone in our community because once they've been in this type of situation you can't take the chance of adopting them out.

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  • Author Paul Bloom
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    On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite for retribution.

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  • Author Paul Bloom
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    Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so as to share their experiences. This allows us to enjoy fictional events that would shock and sadden us in real life.

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