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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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"Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before."
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"My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it."
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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
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"Peanut butter is a poor man's marmalade."
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"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."
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"Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of food."
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"Contaminated food is a major cause of diarrhea, substantially contributing to malnutrition and killing about 2.2 million people each year, most of them children."
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"The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months."
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"We wouldn't think of going to our doctor and saying 'Treat me the way doctors treated people in the 19th Century', and yet that's what we're demanding in food production."
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"We began building this incredible new foundation in this restaurant, and that's what began giving me the left-hand side of tradition and the right-hand side, my new palate."
Building

"I'm working harder than ever now, and I'm putting on my pants the same as I always have. I just get up every day and try to do a little better than the day before, and that is to run a great restaurant with great food, great wine, and great service. That's my philosophy."
Food

"My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up."
Family

"Those other 10 o'clock shows that come on, all you get from them is headaches and nightmares when you go to bed! At least we give you food, know what I mean?"
Food

"My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis."
Food

"The world has changed, and it's almost been 11 years. I have 975 employees. I have six restaurants. We haven't opened any new ones in almost three years."
Employment

"Mom ran the house, so we grew up Portuguese."
Mom

"I spent a lot of time on farms when I was young. My uncle and my dad owned a big farm."
Father

"Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part."
Life

"Music is one of those things that is constantly going in my head all the time. It's sort of like the evolution and creation of doing food, or my philosophy about wine. It's always beating in my head, so it keeps the spirit moving."
Music
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