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Food Quotes

"I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good."

"I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good."

Virgil Thomson, American Composer

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"We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing."

"We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing."

Ernest Holmes, American Theologian

Food, Spirituality

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"Food simply isn't important to me."

"Food simply isn't important to me."

Alice Paul, American Activist

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"When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food."

"When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food."

Barbara Boxer, American Politician

Food, Sacrifice, Gratitude, Service

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"The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food safety system and that our food is safe to eat."

"The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food safety system and that our food is safe to eat."

Ann Veneman, American Public Servant

Food, People, America, Canada

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"First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that."

"First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that."

Neil LaBute, American Director

Food, Men, Change, Feminism

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"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."

"What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food."

Anne McCaffrey, American Author

Food, Kids, Writing

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"My idea of fast food is a mallard."

"My idea of fast food is a mallard."

Ted Nugent, American Musician

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"Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy."

"Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Food, Negative, Balance, Cause

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"It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back."

"It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back."

Dave Thomas, American Businessman

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"The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years."

"The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years."

Tom Coburn, American Politician

Food, Government, Committee, Stupidity

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"If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard."

"If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Food, Health, Information, Interest

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"There certainly is a good 'Tex Mex' restaurant very close to our office. My office is around 100 yards from it. I call it Tex Mex because every couple of years it's changed hands and changed name, I'm not exactly sure why!"

"There certainly is a good 'Tex Mex' restaurant very close to our office. My office is around 100 yards from it. I call it Tex Mex because every couple of years it's changed hands and changed name, I'm not exactly sure why!"

Andrew Oliver, American Politician

Food, Name, Office, Years

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"Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks."

"Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks."

Tom Vilsack, American Politician

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"President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history."

"President Obama is the most successful food stamp president in American history. I would like to be the most successful paycheck president in American history."

Newt Gingrich, American Politician

Food, History, Successful

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"Customers want good value, but they care more than ever how food and clothing products are made."

"Customers want good value, but they care more than ever how food and clothing products are made."

Stuart Rose, British Businessman

Food, Care, Value, Want

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"I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act."

"I couldn't care less about actors' trailers and food on sets and stuff like that - I just want to act."

Chow Yun Fat, Chinese Actor

Food, Act, Actors, Care

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"This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read."

"This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read."

John Sladek, American Author

Food, Time, Hate, May

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"I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever."

"I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever."

Colin Baker, British Actor

Food, Life, Eating, Rest

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"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."

"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Food, Body, Mind

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"Debbie Gibson and dog food. I've always dreamed of this."

"Debbie Gibson and dog food. I've always dreamed of this."

Julie Brown, American Actress

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"Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and children who rely on emergency food pantries, shelters, and other resources to meet their nutritional needs."

"Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and children who rely on emergency food pantries, shelters, and other resources to meet their nutritional needs."

Blanche Lincoln, American Politician

Food, Americans, Children, Elderly

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"There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good."

"There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good."

H. L. Mencken, American Writer

Food, May, Saying

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"I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient."

"I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient."

Ornette Coleman, American Musician

Food, Being, Illness

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"It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets."

"It takes four months to ship food aid and 40 percent of the cost is in the shipping. People cannot eat shipping costs. We have had people die when there are surpluses in the markets."

Andrew Natsios, American Administrator

Food, People, Months

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"The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body."

"The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body."

Pat Buchanan, American Journalist

Food, Body, Mind

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"Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."

"Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."

Jim Bishop, American Journalist

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"Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food."

"Monks will have three begging bowls for their food: one for water, one for liquid food, one for dry food."

Satish Kumar, Indian Activist

Food, Water, Will

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"Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed."

"Anyway, I lived on the streets and did pretty good until I got caught stealing, what was it? I kicked in a restaurant window, went in and took all the food that I wanted, and while coming out I was grabbed."

Gregory Corso, American Poet

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"If you ever want to eat a tuna sandwich again, don't go to a tuna factory. I visited one where they had two lines: one was the human food line and one was the cat food line - and they didn't look any different."

"If you ever want to eat a tuna sandwich again, don't go to a tuna factory. I visited one where they had two lines: one was the human food line and one was the cat food line - and they didn't look any different."

Mark Mobius, American Businessman

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"I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated."

"I was eating bad stuff. Lots of sugar and carbs, junk food all the time. It makes you very irritated."

Avril Lavigne, Canadian Musician

Food, Time, Eating

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"I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can."

"I like to eat good food. I cook and collect wine. I like going for long walks when I can."

Eric Allman, American Scientist

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"Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality."

"Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality."

Cliff Fadiman, American Author

Food, Immortality

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

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

Woody Allen, American Director

Food, Oysters, Want, Will

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"I could talk food all day. I love good food."

"I could talk food all day. I love good food."

Tom Brady, American Athlete

Food, Love, Day, Talk

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"Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can."

"Fairness forces you - even when you're writing a piece highly critical of, say, genetically modified food, as I have done - to make sure you represent the other side as extensively and as accurately as you possibly can."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

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"Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some of the genetic alterations of food are a little edgy."

"Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some of the genetic alterations of food are a little edgy."

Nick Nolte, American Actor

Food, Science, Fear, Now

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"I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise."

"I don't do yoga. I bite the hella outta my nails. I smoke, I eat all the wrong food, I don't exercise."

Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician

Food, Exercise, Wrong, Yoga

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"Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real."

"Security for agriculture merits serious concern by not only the agricultural community but our nation as a whole. The risk to the U.S. food supply and overall economy is real."

Pat Roberts, American Politician

Food, Agriculture, Community, Concern

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"I used to get criticized for putting food in novels."

"I used to get criticized for putting food in novels."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

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"Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties."

"Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties."

W. L. George, English Writer

Food, Love, Cats, Labor

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"One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter of food, and therefore vegetarian food has got to he taken by man in order to sustain human life."

"One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter of food, and therefore vegetarian food has got to he taken by man in order to sustain human life."

Morarji Desai, Indian Politician

Food, Life, Man, Order

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"It is not an exaggeration to say that play is as basic to your child's total development as good food, cleanliness, and rest."

"It is not an exaggeration to say that play is as basic to your child's total development as good food, cleanliness, and rest."

Joanne E. Oppenheim, American Author

Food, Development, Cleanliness, Exaggeration

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"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world."

"Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Food, God, Soul, Body

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"They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach."

"They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach."

Luigi Barzini, Italian Journalist

Food, Beach, Deserted, Famous

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"It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life."

"It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life."

Emmet Fox, American Author

Food, Life, Character, Mind

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"It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'."

"It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'."

Beatrix Potter, English Author

Food, Eating, Effect

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"If you go out to dinner with someone, you find out what they prefer in food. We ought to be able to have a conversation to find out what people prefer when it comes to sex."

"If you go out to dinner with someone, you find out what they prefer in food. We ought to be able to have a conversation to find out what people prefer when it comes to sex."

Betty Dodson, American Educator

Food, Sex, People, Conversation

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"Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities."

"Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities."

Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

Food, Energy, Today

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"And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food."

"And on a Canadian set, everybody is equal. You get paid the same. You live together in barracks. You have a communal kitchen. You buy and cook your own food."

Sandra Oh, Canadian Actress

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