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There's something magical that happens when people eat from the same pot. The family meal is really the nursery of democracy. It's where we learn to share it's where we learn to argue without offending. It's just too critical to let go, as we've been so blithely doing.

Michael Pollan

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Michael Pollan
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 6
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