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    George Orwell
    “It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.”
    ― George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London
    tags: down-and-out-in-paris-and-london, george-orwell, hunger, poverty
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    Albert Einstein
    “An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor, hunger, poverty
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    Frank McCourt
    “After a full belly all is poetry.”
    ― Frank McCourt
    tags: food, hunger
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    Mark Bittman
    “1 billion people in the world are chronically hungry. 1 billion people are overweight.”
    ― Mark Bittman, Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes
    tags: economics, food, health, hunger, wealth
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    Israelmore Ayivor
    “To a hungry person, every bitter food is sweet. When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable!”
    ― Israelmore Ayivor
    tags: aim-high, aim-higher, availability, available, best, better, bitter, bitter-food, excel, excellence, food, food-for-thought, good, good-better-best, grow, higher, hunger, hungry, hungry-person, israelmore-ayivor, mediocre, mediocrity, plan-ahead, prefer, preferable, sweet, sweet-food, sweets
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    Ken Follett
    “Hunger is the best seasoning.”
    ― Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth
    tags: hunger
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    Mike Mullin
    “Hunger of choice is a painful luxury; hunger of necessity is terrifying torture.”
    ― Mike Mullin, Ashfall
    tags: hunger, pain
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    Criss Jami
    “Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food.”
    ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
    tags: awareness, blessings, conscience, experience, famine, food, granted, guarantee, guilt, hunger, responsibility, starvation, take-for-granted, wastefulness
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    Anne Rice
    “A starving child is a frightful sight. A starving vampire, even worse.”
    ― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
    tags: hunger
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    Vivian Amis
    “Problems are solved from the inside out not the other way around.”
    ― Vivian Amis
    tags: depression, disease, hunger, illness, inside, poverty, problems, relationship, sickness, solved, solving, war, world
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    Richard Wright
    “A man will seek to express his relation to the stars; but when a man's consciousness has been riveted upon obtaining a loaf of bread, that loaf of bread is as important as the stars.”
    ― Richard Wright, Black Boy
    tags: hunger, poverty
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    Tahir Shah
    “Previous experience had taught me that any expedition marches on its stomach.”
    ― Tahir Shah, House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost City
    tags: adventure, endurance, expedition, food, hunger
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