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When I first heard this quote I immediately thought back to the Omnivore's Dilemma and a discussion about vegetarianism. I have attempted to be a vegetarian a few times but as soon as I smell my mom cooking a batch of bacon saturday morning, I give in. In order to make myself feel less guilty for my meat eating habits, I tell myself, "someone has got to eat it, if I don't, it's just going to go to waste." I figure that my being a vegetarian isn't not going to make an impact on the amount of animals being killed. So in this instance, no, I don't think it mattered what I chose. However, as I get older, that insignificant feeling starts to go away. I felt like my vote made a difference. If people always says, "there's no point, I'm not going to make a difference," if people always leave things up to other people, count on other people, then nothing will get done.