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“For your people, for your children and for the planet they will inherit–go meat-free one day.”

—Paul McCartney, taking his message of Meat-Free Mondays to the European Parliament.

He addressed an audience in Brussels to encourage the idea of skipping meat at least one day a week for the good of the planet.

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“It is unacceptable that animals continue to suffer around the world, including the United States of America, for the sake of beauty. I appeal to the USA to follow the European Union’s lead and end animal testing for cosmetics.”

—Peter Dinklage, on a mission to end animal tested cosmetics in the United States. The longtime vegetarian joins several other celebrities in requesting the measure that is already in place in Europe to be placed in the USA.

Photo: jdeeringdavis/Creative Commons

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“When you get right down to it, vegans are just better than other people.”

—Brandon Routh‘s character in Scott Pilgrim. The quote is featured in an article on how General Millennnial can compete in the state of today’s economic situation. An “Excellent Diet” is just of three tips PolicyMic gives.

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“I am a thousand per cent vegetarian. I try to be vegan but it’s hard when you’re travelling. I really do love cheese, so that’s a daily battle not to eat it.”

—Carrie Underwood, on the single vice that makes it hard for her to ‘Take the Wheel completely as a vegan.

Photo: Keith Hinkle/Creative Commons

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“Dan and I spent a lot of years talking to people who were either vegan or they stopped being vegan at some point and they were struggling with it. We kept hearing the same things over and over again, that ‘it’s too hard,’ ‘the food’s weird,’ or ‘I really don’t know how to use things like mock meat or fake cheeses.’ And so we really wanted to address those issues.”

–Annie Shannon, co-author of the book that turns takes the meat, egg and dairy out of classic Betty Crocker Recipes, Betty Goes Vegan.

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“The vocation of being a ‘protector,’ however, is not just something involving us Christians alone; it also has a prior dimension which is simply human, involving everyone. It means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells us and as Saint Francis of Assisi showed us. It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live.”

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“The most important thing is to be healthy, to drink a lot of water, to fight gravity as much as possible [laughs]. I am one of the few people who decided I wasn’t going to do any invasion with my face. I am almost a vegetarian, and I meditate, do yoga and love to hike.”

—Diane von Fürstenberg, fashion designer known for the “wrap dress,” to Vanity Fair.

When asked what her favorite indulgence was, Fürstenberg responded “dark chocolate,” which happens to be just as equally hip and fashionable, considering it is often vegan.

Photo: David Shankbone/Creative Commons

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“The bottom line is that you don’t have to eat the way you have always been eating. Also, you have to look at all the marketing and that you have to eat red meat to be strong. Who’s behind the messaging? It’s the powerful meat and dairy lobbies, especially now because people are discovering that it’s healthier to eat plant-based. They are dialing in their marketing messages to hold on to share and that you have to continue to eat their foods to be a strong athlete.”

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