"This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from."

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David Landes

#People Quotes #Political Quotes #Meals Quotes

“I'm ready for the 'gotcha' questions and they're already starting to come...”
“The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.”
“Wherever modern Science has exploded a superstitious fable or even a picturesque error, she has replaced it with a grander and even more poetical truth.”

Source : George Perkins Marsh, Stephen C. Trombulak (2001). “So Great a Vision: The Conservation Writings of George Perkins Marsh”, p.80, UPNE
“Butforme, theAlps and their peoplewerealikebeautiful in their snow, and their humanity; and I wanted, neither for them nor myself, sight of any thrones in heaven but the rocks, or of any spirits in heaven but the clouds.”
“I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.”
“There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.”
“I was a right winger into the 70s but I left the right in late 70s.”
“You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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