"In 1960, fewer than 13 percent of Americans were obese, and diabetes had been diagnosed in 1 percent. Today, the percentage of obese Americans has almost tripled; the percentage of Americans with diabetes has increased sevenfold."

-- Gary Taubes

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“After all, what is a lovely phrase? One that has mopped up as much Truth as it can hold.”
“In Hollywood, we have some of the richest unemployed people in the world. They have sun tans. Some of them have chauffeurs in Rolls-Royces waiting outside. They have their golf clubs ready in the car. There is no law that says you cannot play golf while being unemployed.”

Source : Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”
“The big missing part of the jig-saw is to get the assembly back up and running here in Northern Ireland, to get shared government back in business, that is my objective, and we await the IRA statement to see if this will trigger a new dawn.”
“You have this one life. So just live it and just do it.”
“The visual world has blown up, the world of writing has blown up; there's so much text online. Anyone and everyone can express themselves. It's a lot to think about as an artist. Also, that the persona of the artist might actually be of some importance. When I came of age, it was important to be quiet and hang back and be mysterious. I knew artists who didn't even want to show up at their own openings. They never wanted to have their picture taken, didn't want to autograph a book, didn't want to answer a question. I came of age in a world where it was "Let the work speak for itself."”
“As the grace grows nearer my theology is growing strangely simple, and it begins and ends with Christ as the only Savior of the lost.”
“With a tear for the dark past, turn we then to the dazzling future, and, veiling our eyes, press forward. The long and weary winter of the race is ended. Its summer has begun. Humanity has burst the chrysalis. The heavens are before it.”

Source : Edward Bellamy (2000). “Looking Backward: From 2000 to 1887”, p.187, Applewood Books
“Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?”

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