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“If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture.”

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Author:Bill Gates

“Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak! Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy.”

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Book:The Quotable Osler

Source: The Quotable Osler

“It is sunlight in modified form which turns all the windmills and water wheels and the machinery which they drive. It is the energy derived from coal and petroleum (fossil sunlight) which propels our steam and gas engines, our locomotives and automobiles. ... Food is simply sunlight in cold storage.”

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Book:The New Dietetics, What to Eat and How

Source: The New Dietetics, What to Eat and How

“The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.”

Matter Energy Food Diets American Diet

Author:Barbara Cartland

“Peace begins in the kitchens and pantries, gardens and backyards, where our food is grown and prepared. The energies of nature and the infinite universe are absorbed through the foods we eat and are transmuted into our thoughts and actions.”

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Author:Michio Kushi

“I liked the energy of cooking, the action, the camaraderie. I often compare the kitchen to sports and compare the chef to a coach. There are a lot of similarities to it.”

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Author:Todd English

“Gratitude is the best food and fuel to start anything that you need to do - it will nourish and sustain you...and others too. Hankering will leave you hungry - or with with heart, head or belly ache - and tends to have or leave a sour or bitter taste too.”