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On the Continent people have good food in England people have good

On the Continent people have good food in England people have good table manners. – George Mikes

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The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit. – George Mikes

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Coffee (or Tea)
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George Mikes
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You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. – George Mikes

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Cats
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George Mikes
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned… a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. – Samuel Johnson

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Food

I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself. – Jennifer Garner

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Food

You think about some of the most memorable meals youve ever had the food will be good but it will often be about locating a mental memory and taste is inexorably linked to all the other senses and memory, so ultimately it is all about taste. – Heston Blumenthal

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Food

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food. – Kevin Richardson

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Food

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