Michael Pollan Quotes

A cow out on grass is just an incredible thing to behold... Cows and other ruminants can do things we just can't do. They have the most highly evolved digestive organ on the planet, called the rumen. And the rumen can digest grass. It takes grass, cellulose in grass, and turns it into protein, very nutritious protein. We can't do that.

Michael Pollan

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The roads in Boston suck. Highways included. There are potholes and bumps all over the place. It's not a fun place to drive.

Joey Kramer

RoadsFunDrivePlaceBostonOver

As you know in this committee, we have all of HUD, and HUD is responsible for so many programs that determine the quality of life for women and families.

Maxine Waters

LifeWomenQualityYouKnowMany

I'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that.

John McEnroe

GreatPeopleProudThinkTennis

Snooker players go into steady decline and lose their intensity after a while. But I will have real purpose the next five years. I want to prove people wrong and win a lot more tournaments.

John Higgins

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To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

Robert M. Pirsig

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One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries than in movies, because I don't write the movies I do.

Michael Apted

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I think art was the one thing my high school didn't give. And I think that was probably one reason why I was interested in it.

Roy Lichtenstein

ArtSchoolHigh SchoolThinkWhy

It was either therapy or die.

Mickey Rourke

DieTherapyEither

I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.

Christian Bale

WorkLovePeopleThinkLongYou

When a company is fairly certain of a profit margin that is substantial, it can assume responsibility for the clinical trials to develop a blockbuster drug.

Anthony Fauci

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I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

Pope John XXIII

InspirationalHeartEyesYourNear

Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

Paul Westerberg

DaySchoolHigh SchoolThinkHigh

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