"In our house we repeated the pattern of thousands of other homes. There were a few books and a lot of music. Our food and our furniture were no different from our neighbors'."

Food, Music, Books, Neighbors

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"In our house we repeated the pattern of thousands of other homes. There were a few books and a lot of music. Our food and our furniture were no different from our neighbors'."

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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."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Food, Time, Sex, People

"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."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

Food, Science, Isolation, Solution

"Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

Food, Consequences, Man, Punishment

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead."

Woody Allen, American Director

Food, Oysters, Want, Will

"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Food, Being, Chance, Company

"On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners."

George Mikes, British Writer

Food, People, England, Manners

"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Food, Dying, Want

"I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food."

Jennifer Jason Leigh, American Actress

Food, Talk

"At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Food, Home

"Every major food company now has an organic division. There's more capital going into organic agriculture than ever before."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Food, Agriculture, Company, Now

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"My grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met."

Heritage

"It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens."

Purpose

"We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo."

Character

"In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color."

Government

"Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure."

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"Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States."

Man

"The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself."

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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."

"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."

"Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him."

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead."

"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company."

"On the Continent people have good food; in England people have good table manners."

"I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead."

"I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food."

"At home I serve the kind of food I know the story behind."

"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 grandfather was Catholic; my grandmother, Jewish. Crossing over from Bavaria, as immigrants to the United States, the ship started to sink. My grandmother jumped overboard. My grandfather followed, to save this girl he had never met."

"It is the purpose of the majority of the Immigration Committee to encourage assimilation, yet this bill has already done more than anything I know of to bring about discord among our resident aliens."

"We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo."

"In March of 1933 we witnessed a revolution in manner, in mores, in the definition of government. What before had been black or white sprang alive with color."

"Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure."

"Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States."

"The panic of the Depression loosened my inhibitions against being different. I could be myself."

"The power to investigate is a great public trust."

"The inferior complex is now extended to all Europe, save Nordics."

"Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness."