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"Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing when we have had enough."

"Unfortunately, the food industry has not yet faced this situation and begun taking measures to avoid exploiting our weakness for not knowing when we have had enough."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

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"Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music."

"Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music."

Billy Joel, American Musician

Food, Music, People, Being

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"Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."

"Is Elizabeth Taylor fat? Her favorite food is seconds."

Joan Rivers, American Comedian

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"The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops."

"The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops."

David F. Houston, American Politician

Food, Time, Duty, Production

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"The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating."

"The only think I like better than talking about Food is eating."

John Walters, British Musician

Food, Eating, Talking

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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."

"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, American Scientist

Food, Agriculture, Limits, Production

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"I don't try to match wine with food, I just drink what I like. And I think a lot of people are going towards that now, which never used to be in the past."

"I don't try to match wine with food, I just drink what I like. And I think a lot of people are going towards that now, which never used to be in the past."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

Food, People, Now, Past

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"I've always preferred food be on the blander side."

"I've always preferred food be on the blander side."

Alexandra Paul, American Actress

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"But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain."

"But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

Food, People, Being

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"High-quality food is better for your health."

"High-quality food is better for your health."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

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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."

"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, British Economist

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"The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food."

"The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food."

Nicholas D. Kristof, American Writer

Food, Pet, World

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"They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival."

"They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival."

Russel Honore, American Soldier

Food, Survival, Right, Word

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"Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control."

"Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control."

Tracey Gold, American Actress

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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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"For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn."

"For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn."

William Banting, English Celebrity

Food, Diet, Life, Argument

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"The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it."

"The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it."

Mario Batali, American Celebrity

Food, Passion, Population

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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."

"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, American Inventor

Food, Time, Mother, Father

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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."

"Mostly I enjoy the restaurants (my husband is a chef), though I wish we had a wider diversity of ethnic food."

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

Food, Husbdiversity, Restaurants

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"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."

"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."

Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity

Food, Knowledge, Day, Night

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"Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds of human behaviour."

"Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds of human behaviour."

Marvin Harris, American Scientist

Food, Sex, People, Wonder

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"I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns."

"I had all kinds of food issues, including health concerns and weight concerns."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

Food, Health, Weight

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"I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front."

"I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

Food, War, Fighting, Losing

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"No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there."

"No, I love Montreal... I think I love Montreal more than Montreal loves me... I love the food there."

Kathy Griffin, American Comedian

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"There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford."

"There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford."

Sydney Brenner, British Scientist

Food, Life, England

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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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"Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France."

"Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

Food, People, France, Spain

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"Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat."

"Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat."

Kristin Davis, American Actress

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"The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress."

"The impetus behind going to graduate school was a year after graduating from college spent in Dallas working at the dog food factory and Bank America and not having met success in my chosen field, which at that point was being an actress."

Beth Henley, American Playwright

Food, Success, America, Being

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"The food was interesting. My background is Russian, so cheese and potatoes are my love. There was plenty of that. And fried cheese! It is really, really, really good. And really, really, really bad for you. It's like an artery on a plate."

"The food was interesting. My background is Russian, so cheese and potatoes are my love. There was plenty of that. And fried cheese! It is really, really, really good. And really, really, really bad for you. It's like an artery on a plate."

Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress

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"You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for."

"You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for."

Christopher Dawson, English Writer

Food, Men, Work, Leisure

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"Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture."

"Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture."

Giraldus Cambrensis, Welsh Clergyman

Food, People, Care, Country

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"The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose."

"The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose."

Garrison Keillor, American Writer

Food, Brother, Childhood

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"When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us."

"When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us."

William Feather, American Author

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"Talking up a storm about food is so easy for me, it's second nature."

"Talking up a storm about food is so easy for me, it's second nature."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

Food, Nature, Talking

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"When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems."

"When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems."

Jon Fishman, American Musician

Food, Work, People, Energy

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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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"Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before."

"Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

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"Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America."

"Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America."

Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer

Food, Temple, America

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"The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food."

"The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food."

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English Author

Food, Feelings, Misery

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"I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension."

"I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Food, Friends, Old

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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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"If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now."

"If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Food, Eating, Land, Now

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"You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality."

"You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality."

Amy Irving, American Actress

Food, Music, Blood, Sexuality

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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."

"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, American Businessman

Food, Mother, Importance, Old

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"I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food."

"I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food."

Star Jones, American Entertainer

Food, Forget, Want

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"My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order."

"My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order."

Dolly Parton, American Musician

Food, Men, Order

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"I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we're confident in the safety of the food supply."

"I think it's important that, as a matter of course, the brain and spinal column were removed from this cow, and that would be the material that would cause concern in terms of human health. And therefore we're confident in the safety of the food supply."

Ann Veneman, American Public Servant

Food, Health, Cause, Concern

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"In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold."

"In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold."

Nellie Bly, American Journalist

Food, Doctors, Feeling, Kitchen

12

"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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