“People. Animals are not like that. They're always cleaning...” – Palm Apodaca, Five Easy Pieces ... Movie Quotes Database

People. Animals are not like that. They're always cleaning themselves. Did you ever see, umm... pigeons? Well, he's always picking on himself and his friends. They're always picking bugs out of their hair all the time. Monkeys too. Except they do something out in the open that I don't go for.

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