Caldwell Esselstyn (Caldwell Blakeman Esselstyn Jr.) Quotes
Collectively the media; the meat, oil, and dairy industries; most prominent chefs and cookbook authors; and our own government are not presenting accurate advice about the healthiest way to eat.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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I think having children is the most amazing thing.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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I think my knowledge of music theory is rooted in jazz theory, and a lot of the writers of standards - Rodgers and Hart, and Gershwin.
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It's those moments when everything is on the line, and someone needs to show up in a big moment. I prepare my mind and I prepare my body to be ready for those moments. And I think it's just what I do. I live for those moments.
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Sexism is alive and well! We were saying this forty years ago. I'm an optimist, so I like to think we've progressed in some ways - in Australia, we get equal pay.
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I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums.
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No one wants to see curvy women.
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The snow leopard is absolutely magnificent. It represents really what endangered species are all about.
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My father is my inspiration.
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel cut off from the rest of the world. I would forget there were places like London that were not centred round libraries and essays.
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When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.
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I've only ever done out-and-out serious roles. I've played, like, five serial killers.
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Sound sounds are terrible in the city, but it's great to listen and to walk and listen to people talk to each other. There are birds. You hear spring. I like listening to the city.
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Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.
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I am not in favor of immortality. I believe death for humans is the way of getting rid of accumulated errors - as in trial and error. Without death, the old folks would start to gang up on the babies (the new trials). Immortality --> immortal mistakes.
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Collectively the media; the meat, oil, and dairy industries; most prominent chefs and cookbook authors; and our own government are not presenting accurate advice about the healthiest way to eat.
