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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000086.txt from 2002/11

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [Doublereed-l] Quote of the Day
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:47:49 -0500

"Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to e
at
so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don=E2=80=99t get fa
t is that
they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same peop
le
whose evenings begin with melted goat=E2=80=99s cheese ... get up at dawn t
o run,
break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while
racing on a stationary bicycle."

-Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941) U.S. author, columnist
=E2=80=9CFood Worship,=E2=80=9D The Worst Years of Our Lives (first publ. 1
985, 1991)