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"LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites."
Henry Fielding
"LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites."
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"I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food."
Robert Mondavi
"I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food."
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"If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar."
Paul Prudhomme
"If you have acid in food, you need to sugar it. At a high temperature, the acids are changed to sugar."
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"My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order."
Dolly Parton
"My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order."
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"We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation."
Joseph Hume
"We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation."
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"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."
Elias Canetti
"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."
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"For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable."
Gloria Steinem
"For much of the female half of the world, food is the first signal of our inferiority. It lets us know that our own families may consider female bodies to be less deserving, less needy, less valuable."
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"The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating."
John Walters
"The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating."
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"Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production."
Ralph Merkle
"Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production."
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"Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups."
Cathy Guisewite
"Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups."
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"If I've got food and water, as long as I can exercise my mind and keep it nimble, then I'll be okay."
Rob Walton
"If I've got food and water, as long as I can exercise my mind and keep it nimble, then I'll be okay."
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"I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click."
Paul Prudhomme
"I wait for the next opportunity to have something to do with food. If I get rested, my mind just starts creating new dishes - click, click, click."
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"I fed them every day. So it was a papa that kept food on the table for them. I did that. I did my part."
Joseph Jackson
"I fed them every day. So it was a papa that kept food on the table for them. I did that. I did my part."
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"Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood."
Frank Langella
"Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood."
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"Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food."
Poppy Z. Brite
"Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food."
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"I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live."
Paul Prudhomme
"I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live."
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"What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!"
Jamie Oliver
"What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!"
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"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."
Johnny Carson
"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."
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"We're taking up some science experiments, some crystal growth things, we have a refrigerator that carries up some samples, new samples that go into the station, we bring the old ones home; we have a lot of clothing, we have a lot of food-U.S. and Russian food."
Linda M. Godwin
"We're taking up some science experiments, some crystal growth things, we have a refrigerator that carries up some samples, new samples that go into the station, we bring the old ones home; we have a lot of clothing, we have a lot of food-U.S. and Russian food."
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"No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there."
Kathy Griffin
"No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there."
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"As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay."
Michael Chang
"As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay."
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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
"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."
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"One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and Burger King equalize us all."
John Corry
"One of the glories of New York is its ethnic food, and only McDonald's and Burger King equalize us all."
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"If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart."
Edmund Wilson
"If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart."
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"I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it."
Sally Schneider
"I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it."
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"You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too."
Martha Reeves
"You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too."
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"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage."
Woody Allen
"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage."
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"The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population."
Henry Charles Carey
"The whole action of the laws tended to increase the number of consumers of food and to diminish the number of producers, was due the invention of the Malthusian theory of population."
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"Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before."
Marilyn vos Savant
"Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before."
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"The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted."
David F. Houston
"The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted."
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"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself."
Tecumseh
"When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself."
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"If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now."
James Lovelock
"If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now."
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"I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later."
Susan George
"I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later."
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"We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way."
Phil Lesh
"We sing a little song before we eat, a little blessing before we eat, and it's really - we're thanking the Lord and the Earth for the food that we eat, and it really brings you together in a profound kind of way."
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"My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!"
Edie Brickell
"My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!"
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"Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food."
Steve Albini
"Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food."
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"Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."
Joan Rivers
"Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."
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"Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not yet have the four children I later had. I must add I also gave him a certain taste for food."
Georges Simenon
"Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not yet have the four children I later had. I must add I also gave him a certain taste for food."
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"I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems."
Ann Veneman
"I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems."
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"Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry."
Samuel Richardson
"Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry."
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"I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table."
Paul Auster
"I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of spilled out into translation as a way to earn money, pay for food and put bread on the table."
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"The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities."
David Ricardo
"The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities."
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"They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival."
Russel Honore
"They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival."
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"The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to."
Jeremy Rifkin
"The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to."
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"Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself."
Delia Smith
"Food is for eating, and good food is to be enjoyed... I think food is, actually, very beautiful in itself."
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"The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come."
Amar Bose
"The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come."
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"You know, nobody eats in England. Three or four pints of English beer a night fills you. I can't say I'm very impressed with the food in America. it's all sort of bland. Like turkey sandwiches."
Anne Dudley
"You know, nobody eats in England. Three or four pints of English beer a night fills you. I can't say I'm very impressed with the food in America. it's all sort of bland. Like turkey sandwiches."
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"Three things are needed for a good life, good friends, good food, and good song."
Jason Zebehazy
"Three things are needed for a good life, good friends, good food, and good song."
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"There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford."
Sydney Brenner
"There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford."
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"Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen."
Marc Jacobs
"Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen."
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