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“Why has our poetry eschewed The rapture and response of food? What hymns are sung, what praises said For home-made miracles of bread?”

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Louis Untermeyer

Louis Untermeyer was an American poet, literary critic, and editor, born on October 1, 1885, and died on December 18, 1977. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound insight into American culture. more

“The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It is only man who calls killing "sport" and kills for the pleasure of killing; not for food, not for self-defense, but just to satisfy some primitive instinct, once necessary and now perverted.”

Men Self Fighting Sports Justice Pleasure Enemy Creatures Cooking Instinct Killing Sake Average Defense Beast Decent Hunting Primitive Prey Self Defense

Author:Gilbert Murray

“Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.”

Mind Book Please Cooking Craving Good Mind Reading Good Books

Book:The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes

Source: The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes

“Speaking of the murder of the younger Hanan, and other eminent nobles and hierarchs, Josephus says, "I cannot but think that it was because God had doomed this city to destruction as a polluted city, and was resolved to purge His sanctuary by fire, that He cut off these their great defenders and well-wishers; while those that a little before had worn the sacred garments and presided over the public worship, and had been esteemed venerable by those that dwelt in the whole habitable earth, were cast out naked, and seen to be the food of dogs and wild beasts."”

Source: The Sweet Story of Jesus: The Life of Christ

“Clean hearts and healthful food, exercise, early sleep and fresh air, wholesome recreation and meditation combined with optimism that comes from fighting for the right and knowing you'll eventually win for keeps - this is the tonic every true Christian patriot needs and deserves.”

Source: God, family, country: our three great loyalties

“The prosecution wants to make sure the process by which the evidence was obtained is not truthfully presented, because, as often as not, that process will raise questions.”

Want Process Evidence Raises Prosecution Raises Questions

Author:Alan Dershowitz

“If compliments were food, I'd have starved to death 28 years ago.”

Ifs Years Years Ago Cooking Compliment

Author:Erma Bombeck

“We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.”

Mind Drink Advantage Cooking Filled Food And Drink

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

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