Alexander Whitacre Quotes in The Informant! (2009)

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Mark Whitacre: [voiceover] You know that orange juice you have every morning? You know what's in that? Corn. And you know what's in the maple syrup you put on your pancakes? You know what makes it taste so good? Corn. And when you're good and help with the trash, you know what makes the big, green bags biodegradable?

Mark Whitacre: [to his son] Do you?

Alexander Whitacre: Uh-huh. Corn.

Mark Whitacre: Corn *starch*. But Daddy's company didn't come up with that one. DuPont did.