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“The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don’t know.”
“The great teachers believe in the growth of the intellect and talent, and they are fascinated with the process of learning.”
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
― Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
“The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation.”
― The War of Art
― The War of Art
“There have been calls for nearly a half century to ban the advertising of sugary cereals to children, which Harvard nutrition professor Jean Mayer referred to as “sugar-coated nothings.” 822 In a Senate hearing on nutrition education, he said, “Properly speaking, they ought to be called cereal-flavored candy, rather than sugar-covered cereals.”
― How Not to Diet
― How Not to Diet
“Put simply,” concluded a senior director at the George Institute for Global Health, “the enormous commercial success enjoyed by the food industry is now causing what promises to be one of the greatest public health disasters of our time.”
― How Not to Diet
― How Not to Diet
“The reason some of the unhealthiest foods are marketed is one of simple economics: Real food goes bad. 751 Fruits and vegetables are perishable. What shareholders want is a snack cake that lasts for weeks on the shelf.”
― How Not to Diet
― How Not to Diet
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