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One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Lying
Values
Opportunity
Plates
Live
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Opportunities
Lies
Food
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