"I believe it is possible that we can turn today's breakdown into a planetary breakthrough on one condition. We can do it if we can break free of a set of dominant but misleading ideas that are taking us down."

-- Frances Moore LappÃ©

#Believe Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Today Quotes

“Your wrinkles either show that you're nasty, cranky, and senile, or that you're always smiling.”
“One of many ways to be useful is to inspire people to forget some rules imposed by society. IMPORTANT rules are dictated by our hearts.”
“I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's how I became an artist.”

Source : Interview with Zoe Stillpass, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 7, 2014.
“Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.”
“The issue isn't gun control but state control -- obtuse and arbitrary state control, state control run amok. ... Forget guns. If Dr. Hudson, Mr. Turnbull, Dr. Gingrich and others end up in jail it won't be for their guns but our liberties.”
“No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.”
“There was a time when formal clothes were one of life's great pleasures, as well as a way of describing instantly a man's status wealth. Toffs wore the most, the proles the least. Fast forward to 2008 and clothes are still an unrivalled pleasure but some men - and this includes many of our betters - have confused status with fake informality.”
“To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the hills. But the cookbook record proves that the haute cuisine codified early in this century by Escoffier barely goes back to Napoleon's time. Before that, French food is not recognizable as French to modern eyes. Europe's menu before 1700 was completely different from its menu after 1800, when national cuisines arose along with modern nations and national cultures.”

Source : Raymond Sokolov (1993). “Why We Eat What We Eat: How Columbus Changed the Way the World Eats”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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