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Never eat broccoli when there are cameras around. -- Michael Stipe
If I could uninvent anything, I would uninvent Hitler's mum, guns and broccoli. -- Dominic Monaghan
Luckily, my children love broccoli, and although we sometimes enter into UN-like negotiations about how many 'trees' they need to eat before they can partake of ice cream, it is a vegetable that they tend to embrace. -- Gwyneth Paltrow
I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli. -- George H. W. Bush
I know when you think about the South, you think about fried foods, but we eat a tremendous amount of vegetables. I have my own garden, so vegetables have always been a big part of my life. I love broccoli. I love fresh beets. It's not all about the fried chicken and the biscuits. -- Paula Deen
You can't hide broccoli in your glass of milk. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Villains fear me because I am unpredictable and broccoli. See what I mean? -- Demetri Martin
the existence of broccoli does not in any way affect the taste of chocolate -- John Green
I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli! -- George H. W. Bush
Whenever you do anything with Bond, you've got Cubby Broccoli and Sean Connery looking over your shoulder. -- Bruce Feirstein
Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house. -- Kate Christensen
Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable. -- Kate Christensen
I actually love fish and vegetables. I was raised on vegetables! Anything green - spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts - I crave. -- Eva Longoria
I don't diet. There's going to be barbecues and macaroni and cheese - but I'll have broccoli and salad the next day. -- Ginnifer Goodwin
Fatherhood is telling your daughter that Michael Jackson loves all his fans, but has special feelings for the ones who eat broccoli. -- Bill Cosby
Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life. -- Pierce Brosnan
Some hate broccoli, some hate bacon I hate having my picture taken. How can your family claim to love you And then demand a picture of you? -- Ogden Nash
President Obama told a group of school children that broccoli was his favorite food, and they believed him. Then he told them Obamacare would reduce the deficit and the kids all busted out laughing. -- Jay Leno
The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR Leavis's "eat up your broccoli" approach to fiction emphasises this junkfood/wholefood dichotomy. -- F. R. Leavis
Violet is the most soothing, tranquilizing and cooling color vibration. It encourages the healing of unbalanced mental conditions in people who are overly nervous or high-strung. Foods of the violet vibration are: purple broccoli, beetroot and purple grapes. -- Tae Yun Kim
I was at a party in London when I met Bond producer Barbara Broccoli. She introduced herself, and I didn't believe her name. So I just replied: 'Yeah, and I'm Cathy Carrot.' I think maybe I got off on the wrong foot! -- Catherine Bach
I don't think anyone likes anything of mine. At the end of the day, I love it, but just because I love it... I happen to love broccoli, not a lot of people like broccoli. I always question if somebody else is going to love my films. -- Lee Daniels
I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace. -- Matthew Tobin Anderson
Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass, and it translate to beef with broccoli. The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high. -- Bill Maher
Money is a wonderful invention. It lets us save, it lets us specialize, right? I couldn't be a professor if there wasn't any money. Every day I would have to raise chicken and bread and broccoli and go ahead and spend all my time trading. So, money is a wonderful mechanism. -- Dan Ariely
Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate. -- John Green
There are truckloads of broccoli at this very minute descending on Washington. My family is divided. For the broccoli vote out there: Barbara loves broccoli. She has tried to make me eat it. She eats it all the time herself. So she can go out and meet the caravan of broccoli that's coming in. -- George H. W. Bush
I tried eating vegetarian. I felt like a wimp going into a restaurant. "What do you want to eat sir? Broccoli?" Broccoli's a side dish, folks. Always was, always will be, OK! When they ask me what I want, I say: What do you think I want? This is America. I want a bowl of raw red meat right now. -- Denis Leary
My favorite is Steamfresh broccoli with just a hint of garlic salt. -- Jennette McCurdy
The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and broccoli omelette. -- Lisa Loeb
For a long while, I was really against Twitter. I mean, who cares if I'm in an airport or had broccoli for dinner? -- Shantel VanSanten
Our brain, our body, craves fat. We cannot help it. That's why a kid will eat a hot dog quicker than a piece of broccoli. -- Jose Andres Puerta
I love fresh vegetables and we always include them in our meals. I don't force my kids to eat asparagus, but they do eat peas, broccoli, and carrots. -- Alison Sweeney
It's easier to sell cotton candy than it is to sell broccoli to somebody, but the broccoli is better for you, and the same thing with a limited government. -- Marco Rubio
By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs. -- John Cornyn
It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy. -- Ed Begley, Jr.
When my children say, 'In the future, Mummy, will things get better or worse for humanity?' I say: 'Who knows, since Amy Winehouse died. It's all in the air now. Eat your broccoli.' -- Caitlin Moran
Breakfast is my favorite way to start off the day. This is usually what I order every morning on set: egg whites scrambled with broccoli and a side of well-done turkey bacon. Sometimes I add a bit of feta cheese. -- Cassie Scerbo
I'm a human garbage can, but I don't like veggies unless they have Velveeta cheese on top. And forget crunchy broccoli and carrots. I like 'em soggy, soft and wilted. The nutrients have probably gone away, but that's the only way I can eat them. -- Sherri Shepherd
Shoot for a total of no more than 80 grams of carbs in your daily diet. This means favoring vegetables that grow above ground like kale, broccoli, spinach, and cauliflower as opposed to those that store carbohydrate in the form of starch like potatoes and beets. -- David Perlmutter
I'd love to give my girls a traditional Thanksgiving with turkey and all that jazz, but we've raised them to love Tuscan food so much that they don't care for it. My favorite is a nice polenta with beef stew and broccoli rabe on the side. -- Debi Mazar
I'm from Manchester, Mass., so it was lobster, lobster and more lobster! Also, lots of fish that we caught in the summers, clam chowder and roast beef sandwiches. But my mom was pretty healthy; we had a lot of chicken and broccoli and rice as well. -- Sprague Grayden
I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you! -- Lisa Edelstein
When kids look at broccoli, they call it 'little trees,' because they see it not just for the word 'broccoli.' They see it for what it looks like, the image. We, as adults, forget to think like that. We forget to think figuratively and have to be reminded. -- Natasha Trethewey
I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese. -- Larry Hagman
For 'The Rise of Cobra,' I was dieting more and using protein powder to help supplement my meals. For 'Retaliation,' however, I opted for more natural protein. I had a chicken breast and broccoli meal about five times every day. I also drank plenty of water and made sure I got enough rest. -- Lee Byung-hun
I don't want to force anything on anyone. I'm not trying to bust you over the head and make you buy this record or this song or whatever. I'm presenting it to you so you can take it in. You know, it's like trying to force a kid to eat broccoli. If I present it as trees that make your muscles grow, my son is like, 'I'm down with getting muscles.' -- Jill Scott
John McEnroe has hair like badly turned broccoli. -- Clive James
You want to save more fish? Eat more broccoli. -- Barton Seaver
The local groceries are all out of broccoli, loccoli. -- Roy Blount, Jr.
Pizza tastes better than broccoli and opinion tastes better than news. -- Clay Johnson
Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli. -- Richard Paul Evans
Listen to your broccoli and it will tell you how to eat it. -- Anne Lamott
Don't be a salad. Be the best god damn broccoli you can ever be. -- PewDiePie
Google 'broccoli casserole' and make the first recipe you find. I guarantee it will be disappointing. -- Christopher Kimball
I always want to defeat supervillains - it's just the chicken-and-broccoli diet that I'm not into. -- Amy Adams
Mother: It's broccoli, dear. --- Child: I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it. -- E. B. White
Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense. -- Maggie Stiefvater
My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread. -- Rachel Sklar
I go for crunchy things - I like green beans, broccoli, asparagus, celery and carrots. I'm not a fruit eater, though. -- Rico Rodriguez
Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating. -- Jackie French
She grew broccoli, and I grew dentures. We were perfect for each other. Our love disappeared into each other like a box of toothpicks. -- Jarod Kintz
Famously cancer fighting, laden with vitamins, minerals, soluble fiber, and phytonutrients, broccoli and its relatives are among the healthiest ingredients of the human diet. -- Kate Christensen
I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli. -- Keith Jarrett
The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen. -- Daniel Handler
My mother told me, you don't have to put anything in your mouth you don't want to. Then she made me eat broccoli, which felt like double standards. -- Sarah Millican
I don't remember ordering the bride of an evil maniac, said MagnusIt was definitely beef and broccoli. What about you, Tessa? Did you order the bride of an evil maniac? -- Cassandra Clare
I don't remember ordering the bride of an evil maniac," said Magnus. "It was definitely beef and broccoli. What about you, Tessa? Did you order the bride of an evil maniac? -- Cassandra Clare
In university, in a vain attempt to stave off the frosh fifteen, I used to melt fat-free cheese over broccoli, onions and cauliflower in the cafeteria microwave. That earned me few friends. -- Rachel Sklar
Personally, I like to juice up several different kinds of fruit and vegetables - which may include various combinations of bananas, red bell peppers, apples, carrots, celery, broccoli, spinach, parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. -- David H. Murdock
There was a period in my life when I was eating ramen non-stop. These days, less so. Once you have a kid, you end up eating a lot of foods with broccoli in them. -- Erez Lieberman Aiden
Researchers in the U.K. have developed a vegetable called "super broccoli" designed to fight heart disease. Not to be outdone, researchers in America have developed a way to stuff an Oreo inside another Oreo. -- Jimmy Fallon
Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition. -- Jared Polis

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