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Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some turn their food into fat and manure, some into work and good humour, and others, I'm told, into God. So there must be three sorts of men.
Nikos Kazantzakis
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"Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some turn their food into fat and manure, some into work and good humour, and others, I'm told, into God. So there must be three sorts of men."
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Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some turn their food into fat and manure, some into work and good humour, and others, I'm told, into God. So there must be three sorts of men. — Nikos Kazantzakis

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Nikos Kazantzakis was a Writer from Greece (1883–1957).

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Who said "Tell me what you do with the food you eat, and I'll tell you who you are. Some…"?
This quote is attributed to Nikos Kazantzakis, a Writer from Greece.
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Nikos Kazantzakis lived from 1883 – 1957.
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