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“Having a sit down, no screens, home cooked dinner is one of the most powerful things you can do as a parent and I believe it's the most important activity you can do as a family.”
“The health claims on packaging are there because they sell products.”
“If you take added sugar out of your diet, when you have fruit for dessert it is going to taste fantastic!”
“Scientists are not necessarily the best communicators.”
“The show Larry is much more aggressive. The real Larry is very gentle and very sweet and doesn't like to offend people.”
“I'm not someone who funds buildings. That doesn't interest me. I'm more interested in programs.”
“I have kids, I want something left for them. It's a cliche, I know, but it's true. That's what drives me every day.”
“It's easy to get good table talk going if you have a little help in the form of questions, games, newspaper articles, books with fun statistics, things like that.”
“By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.”
“It's not up to the kids to decide what's healthy for them. That's our job.”
“And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.”
“A bald man driving a hybrid is a very sexy thing.”
“I'm becoming more of a religious person actually as I get older, which I think is not an unusual phenomenon.”
“One of my main jobs is to cultivate advocates and activists.”
“Breaking up is hard to do. It's torture.”
“Everyone has a right to speak out.”
“Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.”
“As a young mom I was kind of desperate for some happy family moments and I realized that they don't usually show up all on their own, you have to create them - or at the very least, create an opportunity for them to bloom.”
“That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.”
“If you're doing takeout, try to get the healthiest takeout you can. And just take it out of the plastic, right? Get your grandma's old china or get a fancy little bowl, and put the takeout in the bowl and light a candle.”