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Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Appears Because Cheap Convenient Cost Eating Fast Fast Food Food Good Menu Never Popular Real Tastes

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One might expect that the families of murder victims would be showered with sympathy and support, embraced by their communities. But in reality they are far more likely to feel isolated, fearful, and ashamed, overwhelmed by grief and guilt, angry at the criminal-justice system, and shunned by their old friends.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Angry Ashamed Communities Embraced Expect Families Far Fearful Feel Friends Grief Guilt Isolated Likely Might More Old Old Friends Overwhelmed Reality Support Sympathy System Victims Would

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The fast-food industry is in very good company with the lead industry and the tobacco industry in how it tries to mislead the public, and how aggressively it goes after anybody who criticizes its business practices.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: After Anybody Business Company Criticizes Fast-Food Goes Good Good Company How Industry Lead Mislead Practices Public Tobacco Tries Very Who

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I can understand why a single parent, working two jobs, would find it easier to stop at McDonald's with the kids rather than cook something from scratch at home.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Cook Easier Find Home Jobs Kids Mcdonald Parent Rather Scratch Single Single Parent Something Stop Than Two Understand Why Working Would I Can

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Hey, I used to eat at McDonald's: I liked the taste of the food, especially the French fries.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Eat Food French French Fries Fries Hey Liked Mcdonald Taste Used

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McDonald's revolutionized fast food. They introduced a way to eat food without knives, forks or plates. Most fast foods can be eaten while steering the wheel of a car and the restaurants are usually drive through.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Car Drive Eat Eaten Fast Fast Food Food Foods Forks Introduced Knives Mcdonald Most Plates Restaurants Steering Through Way Wheel While Without

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Firstly, should we be selling and buying irradiated meat? I think that's up to the consumer, ultimately. But the second point is, this irradiated meat should be clearly and unmistakably labeled as irradiated meat.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Buying Clearly Consumer Firstly Labeled Meat Point Second Selling Should Think Ultimately Up I Think

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Fast food chains spend a large amount of marketing to get the attention of children. People form their eating habits as children so they try to nurture clients as youngsters.

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Topics: Amount Attention Chains Children Clients Eating Fast Fast Food Food Form Get Habits Large Marketing Nurture People Spend Try Youngsters

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Different people, in good faith, can look at the same fact and interpret it differently. But that's where an interesting conversation begins.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: Begins Conversation Different Different People Differently Fact Faith Good Good Faith Interesting Interpret Look People Same Where

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'Fast Food Nation' isn't about my journey into the dark world of fast food and the prison book is not about my journey into the prison world. I'm not using myself as any kind of narrative link.

~Eric Schlosser

Topics: About Any Book Dark Fast Fast Food Food Journey Kind Link My Journey Myself Narrative Nation Prison Using World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 17th, 1959

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