Michael Pollan Quotes

While the surfeit of cheap calories that the U.S. food system has produced since the late 1970s may have taken food prices off the political agenda, this has come at a steep cost to public health.

Michael Pollan

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HealthFoodPoliticalLateCheap

I have no interest in anybody's life that way so it defeats me why people go to that length to pry.

John Byrne

LifePeopleMeGoWhyWay

I'm comfortable in front of a camera, and I'm used to being watched, although that kind of bugged me at first. On the stage, though, I'm scared. I really get frightened in front of people.

Andie MacDowell

PeopleMeCameraKindComfortable

I like the facts. I find them interesting.

Maury Yeston

FactsInterestingFindLikeThem

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

Ambrose Bierce

GoodOthersTwoGood FortuneFortune

In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer - in any language - would reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.

Sugata Mitra

AloneChildrenLanguageReachGroup

I didn't really want to be part of a clique or a niche. But I also was looking for my own voice, as a writer, y'know? And a world I could call my own.

Tom Waits

WorldLookingVoiceWantMy OwnOwn

Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse; whether we're talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or Sting albums, the decade's non-teen culture has no staying power at all.

Rob Sheffield

MusicPowerCultureTalkingMovies

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.

Roger Maris

GoodDieYouGiveReviewsLike

When you're walking down the street, or you're at a restaurant, someone catches your eye because they have their own look. It goes way beyond what they're wearing - into their mannerisms, the way they smile, or just the way they hold themselves.

Mary-Kate Olsen

SmileEyeRestaurantWalkingSomeone

During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.

Dionne Warwick

MusicTimeCareerDiscoPlayRadio

It's been my desire to support efforts to aim at healing the relationship between law enforcement and the community.

Doug Baldwin

RelationshipCommunitySupportLaw

The Monkees were never cancelled for a start. NBC wanted to do a third year.

Davy Jones

StartYearNeverWantedThirdWere

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