"The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food."

Food, Vice, Worship

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"The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food."

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"It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top."

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Ann Veneman, American Public Servant

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"In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect."

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"I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

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"I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life."

Dom DeLuise, American Actor

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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."

Mary Antin, Russian Activist

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"I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country."

Sela Ward, American Actress

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"The most dangerous food is wedding cake."

James Thurber, American Comedian

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"Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music."

Billy Joel, American Musician

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"Man's survival, from the time of Adam and Eve until the invention of agriculture, must have been precarious because of his inability to ensure his food supply."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

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