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Lawns are a form of television


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In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.

In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn.



People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.

People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.



Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.

Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.



Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals the way we do.

Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals the way we do.



The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.

The correlation between poverty and obesity can be traced to agricultural policies and subsidies.



If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.

If it came from a plant, eat it; if it was made in a plant, don't.




A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.

A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.



Cooking (from scratch) is the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being.

Cooking (from scratch) is the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being.



People say they don't have time to cook, yet in the last few years we have found an extra two hours a day for the internet.

People say they don't have time to cook, yet in the last few years we have found an extra two hours a day for the internet.





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To regain your lost years, you must make sure that any activity targeted at attaining your goal must be done with the qualities of intensity, speed and focus



There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.



We'll all be failures?""Yes. I don't mean only money failures, but just sort of - of ineffectual and sad, and - oh, how can I tell you?

We'll all be failures?""Yes. I don't mean only money failures, but just sort of - of ineffectual and sad, and - oh, how can I tell you?



It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.

It is infinitely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to accept suffering as free, responsible men.



Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving

Once you know your deepest wish you can base your life on intention rather than craving



A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're the same. It's a thimble. It's in the book.

A reader can never tell if it's a real thimble or an imaginary thimble, because by the time you're reading it, they're the same. It's a thimble. It's in the book.



I'm a sexual assault survivor. I have long felt like Bill Cosby needed to be held accountable. But I keep wondering if this is a system that can bring that accountability.

I'm a sexual assault survivor. I have long felt like Bill Cosby needed to be held accountable. But I keep wondering if this is a system that can bring that accountability.



The Internet has changed the way we communicate with each other, the way we learn about the world and the way we conduct business.

The Internet has changed the way we communicate with each other, the way we learn about the world and the way we conduct business.



A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters.

A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters.



If you are allergic to alcohol... can you take shots for that?

If you are allergic to alcohol... can you take shots for that?




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