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I work virtually every waking hour. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#hour #i #virtually #waking #work

Each food items in a typical U.S. meal has traveled an average of 1,500 miles....If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce we would reduce our country's oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#environment #food-security #food

If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents. ↗

— Ed Koch

#bucks #cents #costs #fly #governor

Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against. ↗

— Ed Koch

#bores #compared #good #just #looks

My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me. ↗

— Ed Koch

#body #brain #deteriorating #difference #good

People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.' ↗

— Ed Koch

#decided #free #get #god #help

The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. ↗

— Ed Koch

#best way #close #difficult #eat #food

You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. ↗

— Ed Koch

#bag #believe #good #i #i do

You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights. ↗

— Edward Koch

#love #respect #rights #their #them

I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. ↗

— Edward Koch

#dictate #dictated #first #i #i do