Quotes
Authors
Michael Pollan
"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." --
Source : "Fresh". Documentary, News, www.imdb.com. 2009.
Michael Pollan
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“Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and make sense of our world.”
Source : "Annie, Between the States". Book by L. M. Elliott, March 31, 2009.
“For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write”
“My dad had a movie theater so I was there every night.”
“Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.”
“No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain”
Source : Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.39, Verso
“You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.”
“They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression.”
“When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.