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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist
Eating

"Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate."

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Barbara Kingsolver Author, Biologist
Eating

"my own relationships with the animals in my life are absurdly complex: Some I love, some I eat, and the scraps left over from the ones I eat, I feed to the ones I love."

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Erma Bombeck Humorist, Writer
Eating

"Throughout the years I have set up my own rules about eating food: Never eat anything you can't pronounce. Beware of food that is described as, "Some Americans say it tastes like chicken."

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Demetri Martin Comedian, Actor
Eating

"I was eating some candy and looked on the wrapper, and it said made from natural and artificial flavors. You could just say flavors."

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Diana Rowland Author
Eating

"Had I managed to fall into some sort of carnivorous plant? Yeah, bleed on the man-eating plant. Always a good plan."

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Bob Harper Fitness Trainer
Eating

"You can't be a parent and say, 'I need you to be more active and I need you to eat right,' when you're still choosing to have poor eating habits."

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Willow Smith Actress, Singer
Eating

"I like eating pepperoni. I heat it up in the microwave and then I let it roast and then I eat it with cheese."

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
Eating

"The reason of idleness and of crime is the deferring of our hopes. Whilst we are waiting, we beguile the time with jokes, with sleep, with eating, and with crimes."

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