Eric Schlosser Quotes
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If you eat, you should be concerned about the people who are providing you with food.
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McDonald's revolutionized fast food. They introduced a way to eat food without knives, forks or plates. Most fast foods can be eaten while steering the wheel of a car and the restaurants are usually drive through.
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'Fast Food Nation' isn't about my journey into the dark world of fast food and the prison book is not about my journey into the prison world. I'm not using myself as any kind of narrative link.
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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.
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I'd like to think that, in the United States, you can criticize a company that makes hamburgers without having to worry about what might happen to you.
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Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.
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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.
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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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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.
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Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries.
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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.
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By the way, I'm not a vegetarian. I have a lot of respect for people who are vegetarian for religious or ethical reasons.
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By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.
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I think it's important that people know what they are eating and especially to know what their children are eating.
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It's possible to go to the market, buy good ingredients, and make yourself a healthy meal for less than it costs to buy a value meal at McDonald's.
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Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.