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"They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival."

"They're now turning those seeds into intellectual property, so they have a virtual lock on the seeds upon which we all depend for our food and survival."

Jeremy Rifkin, American Economist

Food, Survival, Now, Property

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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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"Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences."

"Food is available, but it cannot be shipped into an area, so the people in that area suffer the consequences."

Ralph Merkle, American Scientist

Food, People, Consequences

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"Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food."

"Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food."

Peace Pilgrim, American Activist

Food, Life, Time

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"After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated."

"After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated."

David Ricardo, British Economist

Food, First, Land, Population

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"You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green."

"You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green."

Shalom Harlow, Canadian Model

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"If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant."

"If you have good food, people will come to your restaurant."

Mickey Gilley, American Musician

Food, People, Will

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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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"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

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"In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted."

"In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted."

Mario Batali, American Celebrity

Food, America, Mediocrity

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"Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada."

"Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada."

Paul Prudhomme, American Celebrity

Food, Canada, Country

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"We tend to connect bad food and bad habits with romance and sex."

"We tend to connect bad food and bad habits with romance and sex."

Marilu Henner, American Actress

Food, Sex, Romance, Habits

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"From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands."

"From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands."

Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist

Food, Act, Eating

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"The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world."

"The future of our nation depends on our ability to produce food and fiber to sustain the world."

Phil Bredesen, American Politician

Food, Ability, Future, Nation

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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'."

"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'."

Emanuel Celler, American Politician

Food, Music, Books, Neighbors

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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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"They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food."

"They did interviews with my wife and daughter-they were genuinely in fear of me having a heart attack, working 20 hours a day, eating fast food."

Willie Aames, American Actor

Food, Wife, Heart, Daughter

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"I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs."

"I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that it has contributed to all the basic human needs."

John Warnock, American Scientist

Food, Health, Technology, Care

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"For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table."

"For the most part this is a place to find down-to-earth advice on everyday cooking, eating, food shopping, cooking equipment, and nice things to put on your table."

Arthur Schwartz, American Composer

Food, Advice, Cooking, Eating

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"We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat."

"We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

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"I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food."

"I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

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"How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!"

"How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is!"

James Payn, English Novelist

Food, Gentleman, Waste

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"I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country."

"I think things like food, the food of the south is sort of the common tie that binds us all, Black and White, the sense memories. It's a very particular part of the country."

Sela Ward, American Actress

Food, Country, Memories, Sense

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"Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball."

"Russia will occupy most of the good food lands of central Europe while we have the industrial portions. We must find some way of persuading Russia to play ball."

Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman

Food, Europe, Play, Russia

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"I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments."

"I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments."

Carl Wilson, American Musician

Food, Money, Business, Beach

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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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"I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food."

"I don't enjoy traveling in America. I don't like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food."

Carla Bley, American Musician

Food, America, Traveling

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"Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes."

"Animal substance seems to be the first food of all birds, even the granivorous tribes."

William Bartram, American Environmentalist

Food, Birds, First

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"We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually."

"We waited until we perfected the dog food, and then we worked on the cat food. Even though it's not going through the roof the way the dog food is, I think it will catch on eventually."

Dick Van Patten, American Actor

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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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"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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"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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"The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums."

"The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums."

Peter De Vries, American Novelist

Food, Museums, Restaurants

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"As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor."

"As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor."

Barry Commoner, American Scientist

Food, Wealth, Doctors, Earth

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"People who shop in health food stores never look healthy."

"People who shop in health food stores never look healthy."

Amy Sedaris, American Actress

Food, Health, People

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"Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction."

"Some of the food in Liquor is food I've really eaten filtered through a veil of fiction."

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

Food, Fiction, Liquor

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"My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am."

"My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am."

Michael Stipe, American Musician

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"We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated."

"We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated."

Joe Manchin, American Politician

Food, Tax, Now, Sales

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"Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness."

"Music can also be a sensual pleasure, like eating food or sex. But its highest vibration for me is that point of taking us to a real understanding of something in our nature which we can very rarely get at. It is a spiritual state of oneness."

Terry Riley, American Composer

Food, Music, Nature, Sex

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"I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so."

"I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so."

Peabo Bryson, American Musician

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"As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food."

"As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food."

Herman Gorter, Dutch Poet

Food, Land, Poor

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"I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness."

"I want to make wines that harmonize with food - wines that almost hug your tongue with gentleness."

Robert Mondavi, American Businessman

Food, Tongue, Want

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"Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food."

"Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food."

Sammy Davis, Jr., American Entertainer

Food, Love, Soul, Luxury

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"As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means."

"As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means."

Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist

Food, Being, Clothes, School

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"Initially charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest I was held for 36 hours, was beaten by cops and made to stand spread eagled against the cell wall for 12 hours with no food or water, until I collapsed. Everyone was strip searched on the way in."

"Initially charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest I was held for 36 hours, was beaten by cops and made to stand spread eagled against the cell wall for 12 hours with no food or water, until I collapsed. Everyone was strip searched on the way in."

John Blair, American Politician

Food, Police, Water

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"The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program."

"The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program."

Sally Ride, American Astronaut

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"Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless."

"Without food, man can live at most but a few weeks; without it, all other components of social justice are meaningless."

Norman Borlaug, American Scientist

Food, Justice, Man

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"Years down the line, I became a food stylist."

"Years down the line, I became a food stylist."

Sally Schneider, American Writer

35

"I eat whatever I want, junk food included."

"I eat whatever I want, junk food included."

Vanessa Marcil, American Actress

35

"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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