"I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer."

Food, Men, Society, Women

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

Cyril Connolly, English Journalist

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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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James Thurber, American Comedian

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