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It's the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Adore Animal Behind Believes Blind Capacity Component Creature False Form Logic Love Me Moral Somehow

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Not far from my apartment, within a stretch of no more than 500 feet, there are two doggie gyms where Gotham's canines who aren't getting enough exercise running through the city's parks, or are neglecting their all-important doggie glutes and abs, can go for a workout. What can I say? This appalls me.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Apartment City Enough Exercise Far Feet Getting Go Me More Neglecting Parks Running Say Stretch Than Through Two Where Who Within Workout

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I have no problem with animals, I just like people more.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Animals Just Like More No Problem People Problem

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There is nothing so cleansing or reassuring as a vicarious sadness.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Cleansing Nothing Reassuring Sadness

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My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Alone Knife Lies Salvation Spent Time

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Pessimists are born, true, but they also can be made.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Also Born Made Pessimists True

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Let's face it: professing a deep interest in movies, the absolutely dominant global art form of the last century, is at this point like professing an interest in air. Passion is nice. Erudition is admirable. But it's like that moment when good manners cross over into meaningless etiquette.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Absolutely Admirable Air Art Art Form Century Cross Deep Dominant Etiquette Face Form Global Good Good Manners Interest Last Last Century Like Manners Meaningless Moment Movies Nice Over Passion Point

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'Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Again Been Certainly Close-Up Cry Face Felt Final Gene House Kelly Known Life Movie My Life Opening Play Purple Rose Sam Same Shot Watching

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At least three times a week, I am overwhelmed with a wave of gratitude to New York City for providing me with a life. Not that my life is so great, although I think it's pretty nifty: I don't mine coal; I get paid to write.

~David Rakoff

Topics: Although Am City Coal Get Gratitude Great Least Life Me Mine My Life New New York New York City Overwhelmed Paid Pretty Providing Think Three Times Wave Week Write York I Think I Am

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Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.

~David Rakoff

Topics: After Author Autistic Bar Bargain Basically Been Begging Boxing Call Day Designed Embrace Feels Go Hugging Hunters Last Lights Like Machine Planning Shopping Temple Then Turned Unless Up

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: November 27th, 1964

Died: August 9th, 2012

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