Michael Pollan Quotes
Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn't paid at the cash register, it's charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of subsidies. And it's charged to your health.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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As a younger actor, I had delusions. I would dream of Scorsese and De Niro; I would meet people, and it would be like this, and it would change moviemaking in France, and Paris would become the center of the world.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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Commercials on television are similar to sex and taxes; the more talk there is about them, the less likely they are to be curbed.
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What interests me is what you might call vernacular writing, writing that connects you to a place.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
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I completely admire my mother for raising a child with cerebral palsy at home.
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It has always seemed a cruel joke to me that the very word 'stutter' is difficult for many stutterers to pronounce. It is onomatopoeic, an imitation of the halting, repetitive sound made by people with this speech dysfunction.
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I haven't done an international film for a long time.
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Beer is amazing. Nutritional. Medicinal. A beverage, but also a meal.
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Both parents’ rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents.
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Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart.
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One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.
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As you get older, you realise that your identity becomes more important - the environment in which you have grown is actually part of who you are just as much as your family or your school.
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Every good soldier wants to live in an organized environment, secure in the knowledge that he or she will not be threatened or harassed by others, confident that his or her efforts will be recognized, and aware that the nonproductive soldier will be invited to leave. In such an environment, soldiers will be proud of their units and will demonstrate that pride with their performance and behavior.
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I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.
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Cheap food is an illusion. There is no such thing as cheap food. The real cost of the food is paid somewhere. And if it isn't paid at the cash register, it's charged to the environment or to the public purse in the form of subsidies. And it's charged to your health.
