"The Diet" (p. 195)
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Somewhere in the Bill of Rights is a Pig Amendment; our freedom to stuff ourselves cannot be abridged. Having so stuffed, we demand a technological solution to the fat problem. Give me cyclamates, or give me death! This is not only immoral; it is also boring.
— John Leonard (critic)
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Somewhere in the Bill of Rights is a Pig Amendment; our freedom to stuff ourselves cannot be abridged. Having so stuffed, we demand a technological solution to the fat problem. Give me cyclamates, or give me death! This is not only immoral; it is also boring." in the context of ""The Diet" (p. 195)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Leonard (critic)" (Quotes, Private Lives in the Imperial City (1979): Knopf, 1979, )
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About John Leonard (critic)
John Leonard (February 25 1939 – November 5 2008) was an American literary, TV, film and cultural critic.
About John Leonard (critic)
John Leonard (February 25 1939 – November 5 2008) was an American literary, TV, film and cultural critic.
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