"Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order."

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The theme of food is universal, yet David Gerrold manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on food often shapes our reality.

About David Gerrold

David Gerrold is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series Land of the Lost, and wrote the novelette The Martian Child, which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack.

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"Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations."

— David Gerrold
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"I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food."

— Erich von Stroheim
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"One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of emergence in which a new line of development begins to branch off."

— William Irwin Thompson
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"Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime."

— Jimmy Cannon
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"Anytime a person goes into a delicatessen and orders a pastrami on white bread, somewhere a Jew dies."

— Milton Berle
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