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" The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. "

William S. Burroughs

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" I was raised in a strict Southern household in Lexington, South Carolina, and I remember sneaking off to watch 'Pet Cemetery' as a kid. After seeing those animals reincarnate, I screamed and couldn't sleep for weeks, but watched it again and again. "

" I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in. "

" Even cats grow lonely and anxious. "

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" Even in a culture where people are well meaning, there are sometimes 'microaggressions.' People who will just cut you off. You'll be talking, and someone will interrupt you. That's become a big pet peeve of mine. "

" Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened. "

" I kind of imagine myself at eighty, a cat lady. "

" I do feel like by buying rats from a pet store, you are saving them because if not, they would get fed to a snake or something. "

" It might seem strange to feast on Guinea pig, but Ecuadorians love to eat cuy. Personally, I think it's a phenomenal alternative to pork or chicken. High in protein, low in fat, cheap and easy to raise. Oh, and cuy tastes great, much like roast pig. You might call it a pet, but I prefer to call it dinner. "

" To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow, I never saw anyone carrying a dog, or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a, a pet some years later in Kiev, so I thought that life must have been, different. "

" The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do. "

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" Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating. "

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" Every time I decide I want a child I get another pet. I have 3 dogs, 13 birds and 3 horses, what does that tell you? "

" Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.' "

" A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there. "

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" People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album 'Rumble Doll,' yes. It's always that thing that this is a dilettante or a pet project. "

" I have the same pet peeve as Anderson Cooper, which is bare feet in public. I hate it. It so grosses me out, especially in New York. Oh my God, New York in the summer with people and their feet in their sandals and their flip-flops, like get it away! "

" The government needs to help those in need, but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects. "

" Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint. "

" I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then. "

" I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. "

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" The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet. "

" The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath. "

" My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere. "