"The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them."

Food, Father, Cooking, First

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"The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them."

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"The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school."

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"I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex."

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"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun."

George Orwell, British Author

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"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick."

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John Owen, English Theologian

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