"Better to pay the grocer than the doctor."

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Source : Michael Pollan (2009). “Food Rules: An Eater's Manual”, p.48, Penguin

Michael Pollan

#Doctors Quotes #Pay Quotes #Grocers Quotes

“Those in the community who defy authority and 'break the law' seem to enjoy the good life and have everything in the way of material possessions. On the other hand, people who work hard and struggle and suffer much are the victims of greed and indifference, losers. This insane reversal of values presses heavily on the Black community. The causes originate from outside and are imposed by a system that ruthlessly seeks its own rewards, no matter what the cost in wrecked human lives.”
“The Senate is extremely slow: They have enormous difficulty passing the bills that even get through the House. That's the reality that I've recognized in my two years: that it takes time to change the world.”
“This is a hard and precarious world, where every mistake and infirmity must be paid for in full.”
“Prayer is essentially a process by which ideals are enabled to become operative in our lives. It may be more than this, but it is at least this.”

Source : Georgia Elma Harkness (1937). “The Recovery of Ideals”
“People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.”
“If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.”

Source : "The Myth of Universal Beauty" by David Robson, www.bbc.com. June 23, 2015.
“Life is just to sweet to be bitter.”
“Don't speak if you don't have to about trivia. The time for joking comes because of the trust, and you have to earn the trust. So, I don't alibi for anything, and I'll take the heat. That's the other thing. Don't let them take the heat. We take the heat.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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