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The dietary intake of Okinawans until 1975 came from purple sweet potatoes, i would argue it produced the longest-lived population in the history of humankind. – David McLain	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Making even one simple choice every day to lower a child's exposure will make a difference, whether that's staying away from rice-based snacks and serving a diced apple instead or choosing not to serve carrots and sweet potatoes every day, with heavy metals and other toxins the risks add up over a lifetime. – Jane Houlihan	Found on CNN 1 year ago
You go to a supermarket and you see a f----t behind the f---in’ cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes. – Neil Young	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It sounds now like a long time ago and small potatoes but it was a big deal because it fundamentally altered the way that the Senate would do business. – Robert Barnett	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It will lift long-term economic growth and by so doing, all else being equal, will take the edge off of inflation long run, but again that's pretty small potatoes, because it's very much on the margin and a lot of the programs expire, so they would presumably have no effect later in the decade. – Mark Zandi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
My dad would have us hand-grating potatoes really until our fingers would bleed. – Alana Rudkin of Pittsburgh	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Virginia's recent debt issues were small potatoes in comparison to its 19th century debt, at the time the Civil War began, Virginia had the largest in any state in the South and Midwest. It was third behind New York and Pennsylvania. Per capita, Virginia's debt was two or three times what Pennsylvania and New York's was. Virginia's modern debt issues under McDonnell pale to what it dealt with historically. – Yet Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Roadster is kind of like dessert, we gotta get the meat and potatoes and greens and stuff. – Chief Executive Elon Musk	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Planting a few potatoes can be quite a revelation to a child. – Guy Barter	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's important meat-and-potatoes work we should have done before. – Rob Jackson	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Justice Elena Kagan is kind of a meat and potatoes kind of guy. – Judge Gorsuch	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We were so surprised with the idea, you know, you grab a sack of potatoes and drop in 10 bucks in the bucket and leave. And were like, wow, this is amazing. – Najib Faris	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I like white trash cooking. Cheeseburgers. The greasier the better. Mashed potatoes served in a scoop, a little dent in the top for the gravy. Drake's Devil Dogs for dessert. Pure pleasure; no known nutrient. – Orson Bean	added by Normando 5 years ago
If you sow potatoes and dig them up straight away, you'll get nothing, we've taken the first steps, we've sown. – Petro Poroshenko	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Tiny houses are the sexy piece, but the meat and potatoes of what we do is connecting them to the services. ... We're a one-stop shop for all things veteran. – Chris Stout	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer. – Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer, but what was most surprising, and heartbreaking was when the team located a total of five adults and 11 children that looked like third world country refugees not only with no food or fresh water, but with no shoes, personal hygiene and basically dirty rags for clothing. – Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It would make probably every political event ever look like small potatoes. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
If they had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace to this country. That would be one of the biggest insults that anyone has ever seen. It would be very illegal aside from everything else, it would make probably every political event ever look like small potatoes. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I would not speculate on when we would launch AmazonFresh but, absolutely, if you ask me the next five years of vision - from your avocados to your potatoes, and your meat to your ice cream - we'll deliver everything to you in two hours. – Amit Agarwal	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The not-so-secret healthy ingredient here is sweet potatoes! Instead of refined flour, sugar and butter, these chewy brownies use whole food ingredients like beta-carotene packed sweet potatoes and fiber-rich flaxseeds to create a nutritious, delicious, chocolatey dessert. – Whitney English	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Imagine if someone were to finetune our system so that you could get 85 per cent of the carbon and nitrogen back from waste into protein without having to use hydroponics or artificial light, that would be a fantastic development for deep-space travel. It’s faster than growing tomatoes or potatoes. – Professor House	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
When we were young, we had this fermented cottage cheese with bald potatoes, but it is such a strong spicy taste that it was too strong for the new generation, and the trade died out. – Chef Ana Roš	Found on CNN 7 years ago
You can’t quit food, but I wanted to get as close as possible and wondered if there was one particular food i could eat and potatoes came up best, you literally get everything you need from potatoes. Everybody knows they’ve got lots of carbs but they have enough protein and fat and potatoes are really good for fiber, vitamin C and iron. – Andrew Taylor	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

The dietary intake of Okinawans until 1975 came from purple sweet potatoes, i would argue it produced the longest-lived population in the history of humankind.

– David McLain

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Making even one simple choice every day to lower a child's exposure will make a difference, whether that's staying away from rice-based snacks and serving a diced apple instead or choosing not to serve carrots and sweet potatoes every day, with heavy metals and other toxins the risks add up over a lifetime.

– Jane Houlihan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You go to a supermarket and you see a f----t behind the f---in’ cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes.

– Neil Young

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It sounds now like a long time ago and small potatoes but it was a big deal because it fundamentally altered the way that the Senate would do business.

– Robert Barnett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It will lift long-term economic growth and by so doing, all else being equal, will take the edge off of inflation long run, but again that's pretty small potatoes, because it's very much on the margin and a lot of the programs expire, so they would presumably have no effect later in the decade.

– Mark Zandi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My dad would have us hand-grating potatoes really until our fingers would bleed.

– Alana Rudkin of Pittsburgh

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Virginia's recent debt issues were small potatoes in comparison to its 19th century debt, at the time the Civil War began, Virginia had the largest in any state in the South and Midwest. It was third behind New York and Pennsylvania. Per capita, Virginia's debt was two or three times what Pennsylvania and New York's was. Virginia's modern debt issues under McDonnell pale to what it dealt with historically.

– Yet Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Roadster is kind of like dessert, we gotta get the meat and potatoes and greens and stuff.

– Chief Executive Elon Musk

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Planting a few potatoes can be quite a revelation to a child.

– Guy Barter

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's important meat-and-potatoes work we should have done before.

– Rob Jackson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Justice Elena Kagan is kind of a meat and potatoes kind of guy.

– Judge Gorsuch

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We were so surprised with the idea, you know, you grab a sack of potatoes and drop in 10 bucks in the bucket and leave. And were like, wow, this is amazing.

– Najib Faris

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I like white trash cooking. Cheeseburgers. The greasier the better. Mashed potatoes served in a scoop, a little dent in the top for the gravy. Drake's Devil Dogs for dessert. Pure pleasure; no known nutrient.

– Orson Bean

added by Normando
5 years ago

If you sow potatoes and dig them up straight away, you'll get nothing, we've taken the first steps, we've sown.

– Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Tiny houses are the sexy piece, but the meat and potatoes of what we do is connecting them to the services. ... We're a one-stop shop for all things veteran.

– Chris Stout

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer.

– Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The only food we saw were a few potatoes and a box of rice in the filthy trailer, but what was most surprising, and heartbreaking was when the team located a total of five adults and 11 children that looked like third world country refugees not only with no food or fresh water, but with no shoes, personal hygiene and basically dirty rags for clothing.

– Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It would make probably every political event ever look like small potatoes.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If they had spies in my campaign, that would be a disgrace to this country. That would be one of the biggest insults that anyone has ever seen. It would be very illegal aside from everything else, it would make probably every political event ever look like small potatoes.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I would not speculate on when we would launch AmazonFresh but, absolutely, if you ask me the next five years of vision - from your avocados to your potatoes, and your meat to your ice cream - we'll deliver everything to you in two hours.

– Amit Agarwal

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The not-so-secret healthy ingredient here is sweet potatoes! Instead of refined flour, sugar and butter, these chewy brownies use whole food ingredients like beta-carotene packed sweet potatoes and fiber-rich flaxseeds to create a nutritious, delicious, chocolatey dessert.

– Whitney English

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Imagine if someone were to finetune our system so that you could get 85 per cent of the carbon and nitrogen back from waste into protein without having to use hydroponics or artificial light, that would be a fantastic development for deep-space travel. It’s faster than growing tomatoes or potatoes.

– Professor House

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

When we were young, we had this fermented cottage cheese with bald potatoes, but it is such a strong spicy taste that it was too strong for the new generation, and the trade died out.

– Chef Ana Roš

Found on CNN
7 years ago

You can’t quit food, but I wanted to get as close as possible and wondered if there was one particular food i could eat and potatoes came up best, you literally get everything you need from potatoes. Everybody knows they’ve got lots of carbs but they have enough protein and fat and potatoes are really good for fiber, vitamin C and iron.

– Andrew Taylor

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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