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" I'm just angry at the sort of things that are winding up in ground beef. I'm angry that other people - mainly children - are going to be sickened by eating a hamburger. "

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" Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu. "

" Firstly, should we be selling and buying irradiated meat? I think that's up to the consumer, ultimately. But the second point is, this irradiated meat should be clearly and unmistakably labeled as irradiated meat. "

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" I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense of basic human rights. If you're a vegan or a vegetarian, you should care about the people who are picking your fruits and vegetables by hand. "

" 'Fast Food Nation' appeared as an article in 'Rolling Stone' before it was a book, so I was extending it from the article, and by that time, everyone could read the article. "

" I can understand why a single parent, working two jobs, would find it easier to stop at McDonald's with the kids rather than cook something from scratch at home. "

" I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. "

" Most fast food is fried. Fried food tastes great, and people don't seem to care about the fat aspect. "

" Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders. "

" I think there should be very strict limits on the pathogens that can be sold in your meat. There should be limits on disease-causing pathogens. Tests should determine whether the meat is contaminated or not, and you shouldn't be allowed to sell contaminated meat. "

" Yes, a cheeseburger and fries is probably my favourite meal. But I don't eat ground beef anymore. "

" By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person. "

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" As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source. "

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" Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters. "

" One of my favorite dishes in the world used to be steak tartare, which is raw ground beef seasoned and then served. "

" I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I became. "

" I try to persuade people to act in ways that are not only in their own interest, but in the interest of society at large. "

" Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries. "

" The thing that's been inhibiting long-form investigative reporting is fear - fear of being sued, of being unpopular, of being criticized by very powerful groups. "

" I never consciously set out to model myself after Upton Sinclair. "

" By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons. "

" Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports. "

" I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating. "

" I hadn't planned on being an activist. "

" Since 1966, hundreds of books have been published that follow murderers along their paths of destruction. Every serial killer, it seems, now has a biographer or two. "

" It's not a question of McDonald's vanishing from the face of the earth. It's a question of these companies assuming some more responsibility for what they're selling. "

" I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand. "

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" The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices. "

" I'm a huge supporter of animal rights - and I've been an outspoken critic of the cruelties routinely inflicted on livestock at factory farms. But it really bothers me that the mistreatment of pigs and chickens and cows seems to attract a lot more attention and spark a lot more outrage than the abuse of immigrant workers. "