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"My idea of fast food is a mallard."
Ted Nugent
"My idea of fast food is a mallard."
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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."
Peace Pilgrim
"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."
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"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body."
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"Food safety involves everybody in the food chain."
Mike Johanns
"Food safety involves everybody in the food chain."
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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."
Carla Bley
"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."
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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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"But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table."
Carol Burnett
"But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table."
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"I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world."
Karrie Webb
"I think Australian food is probably some of the best in the world."
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"The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm."
Jeremy Rifkin
"The public should know that the liability issues here have yet to be resolved, or even raised. If you're a farmer and you're growing a genetically engineering food crop, those genes are going to flow to the other farm."
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"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water."
W. C. Fields
"Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water."
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"It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops."
David F. Houston
"It is obvious that the greatest and most important service that is required of our agriculture under existing conditions is an enlarged production of the staple food crops."
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"The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families."
Jeremy Rifkin
"The interesting thing is, while we die of diseases of affluence from eating all these fatty meats, our poor brethren in the developing world die of diseases of poverty, because the land is not used now to grow food grain for their families."
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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."
Mario Batali
"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."
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"We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for."
Jeremy Rifkin
"We are already producing enough food to feed the world. We already have technology in place that allows us to produce more than we can find a market for."
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"Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities."
Lewis Mumford
"Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities."
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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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"Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada."
Paul Prudhomme
"Cajun is country food by farmers and fisherman that arrived in Louisiana from Acadiana, Canada."
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"There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed."
Debi Mazar
"There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed."
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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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"I used to get criticized for putting food in novels."
Jim Harrison
"I used to get criticized for putting food in novels."
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"Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together."
Thomas Keller
"Hopefully, imparting what's important to me, respect for the food and that information about the purveyors, people will realize that for a restaurant to be good, so many pieces have to come together."
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"Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food."
Robert M. Pirsig
"Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and no food."
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"I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have if they didn't follow this particular religion."
Marvin Harris
"I don't know of any cases where as a result of religious precepts a population have found themselves enjoying less food than they would have if they didn't follow this particular religion."
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"A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food."
John Harvey Kellogg
"A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food."
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"The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important."
David F. Houston
"The ease with which barley may be substituted directly for wheat in human food and its usefulness to replace wheat milling by-products as feed in the production of the milk supply render its abundant production important."
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"Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality."
Cliff Fadiman
"Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality."
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"We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food."
Paul Prudhomme
"We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food."
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"Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness."
Tony Snow
"Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness."
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"It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf."
Christopher Dodd
"It's easy for Americans to forget that the food they eat doesn't magically appear on a supermarket shelf."
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"People who shop in health food stores never look healthy."
Amy Sedaris
"People who shop in health food stores never look healthy."
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"UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists."
Carol Bellamy
"UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists."
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"Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums."
Peter De Vries
"Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums."
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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."
Sandra Oh
"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."
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"Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."
Jim Bishop
"Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows."
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"My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years."
Tom Brady
"My sisters like cooking at my place. It has a bit more room, and the food tastes a little bit better. A big pot of spaghetti and sauce, some warm French bread - works all the time. I think I've been eating pasta for 26 years."
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"I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food."
Paul Prudhomme
"I think the most wonderful thing in the world is another chef. I'm always excited about learning new things about food."
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"Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard."
Ted Nugent
"Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard."
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"We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply."
Kenneth Lay
"We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply."
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"In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect."
Percy Bysshe Shelley
"In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect."
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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."
Morarji Desai
"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."
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"I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter."
Sally Schneider
"I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter."
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"We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children."
L. Neil Smith
"We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescription drugs for old people, and we must do it... for the children."
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"Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food."
Kate Smith
"Many people submit to excessive appetites without realizing that they do not need to eat so much food."
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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."
Herman Gorter
"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."
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"The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war."
David F. Houston
"The importance to the nation of a generously adequate food supply for the coming year cannot be overemphasized, in view of the economic problems which may arise as a result of the entrance of the United States into the war."
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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."
Jeremy Rifkin
"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."
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"We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations."
Dick Van Patten
"We donate a lot of food to rescue organizations."
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"Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food."
Sammy Davis, Jr.
"Though I love the luxury of the Waldorf Towers, room service there doesn't do soul food."
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"You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children."
David Duchovny
"You're raising a kid and you give it food and shelter and, most importantly, you give it the feeling that it's special. I think people react to celebrities like that - I mean, they treat celebrities like children."
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"I wouldn't hunt a person down for food. But if he were already dead."
Yasmine Bleeth
"I wouldn't hunt a person down for food. But if he were already dead."
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