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		When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products?
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jeremy Rifkin 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Economists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality. (page 85) 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Fernando Pessoa 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring, but I did very well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dan Quayle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There are ideas within Buddhism that are so incredible as to render the dogma of the virgin birth plausible by comparison. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Harris 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do not like bad photographs. I don't like to be badly lit. There is a fashion, particularly on stage, for very 'toppy' lighting, which makes a child look 50. Ten o'clock is very good. If someone is taking a picture, you say, 'Lamps at 10 o'clock,' then everybody looks lovely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Joanna Lumley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Everywhere I go, people ask me about Jennifer Aniston's wedding. Everywhere I go. I always say to her, I'm like, 'Being friends with you is a burden. You think it's hard to be friends with me?' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chelsea Handler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		There are pockets of liberal, affluent America where parents don't want their kids vaccinated. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Matt Lauer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By the immediate preservation of eggs for home consumption through the use of water glass or lime water, larger supplies of fresh eggs may be made available for marketing later in the season, when production is less and prices higher. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David F. Houston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine Albright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Every job in the world has some built-in boredom. No man can stay excited about something every minute he is doing it. Routine is as necessary to life as water is to beer; it is the base that holds the flavors and spices together. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. L. Konigsburg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My dad is and was very funny and had a really dry sense of humor, which, as a kid, seemed un-fun. But in retrospect, it's kind of hilarious. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				John Mulaney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When we seed millions of acres of land with these plants, what happens to foraging birds, to insects, to microbes, to the other animals, when they come in contact and digest plants that are producing materials ranging from plastics to vaccines to pharmaceutical products? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jeremy Rifkin