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Baird Brightman's avatar

"Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral." -- Charles Darwin

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Baird Brightman's avatar

"You know how to cut to the core of me, Baxter. You're so wise. Like a miniature Buddha, covered with hair." -- Ron Burgundy

https://youtu.be/A01NTgZLmlg

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Sam Alaimo's avatar

Maybe the most eminently quotable movie out there. Mini-Buddha is spot on.

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Baird Brightman's avatar

"You know how to cut to the core of me, Baxter. You're so wise. Like a miniature Buddha, covered with hair." -- Ron Burgundy

Great clip from "Anchorman" at ⬇️

https://youtu.be/A01NTgZLmlg

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Andrew Perlot's avatar

Oh man! We're just flooding the internet with dog philosophy content. I've got mine going out tomorrow :)

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Barry Lederman, “normie”'s avatar

I bet that most dog owners have similar experiences and lessons learned. BTW, our first dog rescue was a beagle named Harley. Our second rescue was a Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen (PBGV) named Whiskey. Our two daughters had an immediate understanding with our dogs; the adults took a while to be trained by our dogs. My takeaway; kids are born stoic and as our society takes over, we loose it and it takes work to regain it with our dogs being teachers.

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Allan John (What Is Stoicism?)'s avatar

Great point about kids too, the ability to be present starts strong and gradually lessens if we aren’t attentive to it.

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Sam Alaimo's avatar

100% Barry. They cut down to the core of what it means to be human.

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