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" Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs. "

Leonardo da Vinci

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" One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off. "

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" I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue. "

" All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly powerful way to do what we have been doing for eleven thousand years. "

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" There's no such thing as 'bad' food or 'good' food. "

" I love food and I love everything involved with food. I love the fun of it. I love restaurants. I love cooking, although I don't cook very much. I love kitchens. "

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" Everything was happening on that strip of Fulton Street. And if I wanted Chinese food, if I wanted to play video games, if I wanted pizza, if I had to go to the corner story for a juice, I had to go on Fulton Street. "

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" There is so much more vegetable use in Thailand, India and China than meat. Yes, when you go to the markets or buy street food, you see shrimp or chicken - but mostly vegetables. "

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" Our life is made by the death of others. "

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

" We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us, food was part of the fabric of our day. "

" You can't make a souffle rise twice. "

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

" Workers want to be paid an honest, fair wage for the work they do. They want to be able to provide for their families by being justly compensated for their part in helping grow the U.S. economy. They deserve to be able to put food on the table and receive health care and other benefits. "

" When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that. "

" Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages. "

" Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading. "

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" Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good. "

" I love to talk about cooking and recipes, but I love as much talking about how food and cooking can change the world. "

" The way I see it, love is an amusement park, and food its souvenir. "

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" I eat junk food, cheesecake, cheese, pizza - but just lower amounts of it. "

" I have a very, very healthy relationship with food in that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I never restrict quantities or types of food. "

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" If you're going to lose weight, you have to do it by changing your way of thinking about food. It cannot be the highlight of your life. "

" First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence. "

" When we overestimate the benefits of exercise, underestimate how many calories we eat, and overcompensate for a job well done, exercise is really a false protection from fattening food. "

" In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. "

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" As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You know, it's clowns and kid's toys and bright colors and things like that. "

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" Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. "

" Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For species that depend on hearing for survival - to find food, migrate, and communicate - any hearing loss could be catastrophic. As one scientist noted, a deaf whale is a dead whale. "