Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Peter De Vries

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Topic

Gluttony Food Coping mechanisms

Speaker

Mrs. Thicknesse

Author

Peter De Vries

Source

Comfort Me With Apples

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

De Vries, Peter. Comfort Me with Apples. Little, Brown & Company, 1956.

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Since the measuring device has been constructed by the observer... We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning.

Werner Heisenberg

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Topic
Nature of science
Speaker
Werner Heisenberg
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. Lecture about the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum theory. Gifford Lectures. 1955-1956, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland.

Current Citation

Heisenberg, Werner. "The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Theory." Physics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science. Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2007.

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Things sweet to taste prove in digestion sour.

William Shakespeare

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Topic
Food Sugar
Speaker
John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
History (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1595 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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