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Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
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Absolutely. I think, I think the American people, at their core, are a decent people. I think that we still have prejudice… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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