Mark Bittman Quotes
The sad thing is, when it comes to diet, is that even when well-intentioned Feds try to do right by us, they fail. Either they're outvoted by puppets of agribusiness, or they are puppets of agribusiness.Mark Bittman
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
Garry Disher -
Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
Quentin Blake -
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
Mahershala Ali -
Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
W. Somerset Maugham -
If you have been vaccinated for polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, hepatitis, or rabies, it may be too late for you to stand your ethical ground: You have already benefited from fetal-tissue research. This is, after all, a practice that's been legal since the 1930s.
Katha Pollitt -
Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
F. Sionil Jose
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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen -
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
Gay Talese -
Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
Sam Jaeger -
My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
Langston Hughes -
Yes, Heathrow is the U.K.'s busiest airport, but new runways or a new airport are not the answer. It is far better to focus on improving capacity.
Zac Goldsmith
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
H. L. Mencken -
I'm in a really nice position because I can be selective with the modeling jobs that I do and just work with brands I'm passionate about. The two worlds balance out nicely for me because modeling is so social - it has travel, you meet people, it's extroverted. Whereas painting is very solitary - when I paint, I'm kind of in my own world.
Tali Lennox -
Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
Hanna Rosin -
The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
Yair Lapid -
Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
Barbara Jordan -
A 'Cosmo' cover has been my dream my entire life. I cried when I found out.
Kaley Cuoco
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I learned how not to be alone in the playground.
Emil Ferris -
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
Adlai E. Stevenson -
We are all part of the human family and we should be about doing what all good families do - caring for our less fortunate brothers and sisters.
Dan O'Neill -
What I think is sad about the rom-com genre is that it has adopted this pejorative title. I think the reason why there haven't been as many great ones is because we are fighting against the genre itself. If it is a romantic comedy then snuggle up to the fact that it can be a really earnest, refreshing feeling to feel good after a movie.
Lake Bell -
There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
Uma Thurman -
The sad thing is, when it comes to diet, is that even when well-intentioned Feds try to do right by us, they fail. Either they're outvoted by puppets of agribusiness, or they are puppets of agribusiness.
Mark Bittman