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I lost 20 pounds - actually, I lost 25 pounds, but then I gained 5 back because I was too skinny. I didn`t change what I ate, I just started eating smaller portions. And I cut out bread - that`s the real killer, because I was reaching in and eating half a loaf before dinner arrived. All you have to do is that, and then you can drink all you want.

- Steve Martin

I followed the same diet for 20 years, eliminating starches, living on salads, lean meat, and small portions.

- Gene Tierney

The threat of terrorism is great and with today`s porous borders, someone could bring a biological weapon into our country or sneak a dirty bomb across unmanned portions of our borders.

- Bobby Jindal

I can still enjoy the foods I like I just eat much smaller portions now. And of course I`ve had to give up that southern style way of cooking.

- Della Reese

(On how she can still be in good shape while being a chef) I have to say that this is by far the question I am most frequently asked, and my answer is always the same: genetics, portion control and fresh ingredients. If you`ve ever seen my mother either on the show or in photographs, you`ll notice that she is quite petite, trim. So I have her to thank for getting me off to a good start. In addition, I`ve never been one to sit down to a meal with a large plate of food and eat every morsel until I was uncomfortably full. Rather, I graze - eating small portions of food all day long. And the ingredients are clean and fresh. Yes, I absolutely love chocolate, and I do eat it, but just a bite.

- Giada De Laurentiis

We support education, but this is not a project that needs to be funded by the Nueces County taxpayers. There are many uses for surplus money in Nueces County. There are portions of the unincorporated area that do not have potable water. There are roads that need to be constructed or improved.

- Terry Carter

Our early work that was done out there was really not comprehensive, ... It didn't include all portions. For example, no one even looked in the building. There was a little sampling in and around the cap site, which is OK for the purpose it was done, but it was not comprehensive.

- Scott Harris

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

- William Osler

I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.

- Alan Pau
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The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.

- Alexis E. Fajardo

The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection.

- Andrew Bozoian

What Jerry has done, in a masterful way, is go through and select portions of the Scripture and put words in Jesus` mouth that are legitimate because they already appear in the Bible.

- Andrew Fanara

I`m a 100% supporter of the portions of feminism that are empowering to women and a 100% opponent of the portions that hone victimhood as a fine art.

- Andrew Leipold

We`re focusing on evacuation and what would cause us to evacuate major portions of our population. One of the largest impacts on Davidson County would be the hopefully unlikely but catastrophic failure of the Wolf Creek Dam.

- Andy Pomeroy

I am filing this lawsuit because the Bush administration is putting at risk some of the last, most pristine portions of America`s national forests.

- Anne Lynch

(The administration`s move puts at risk) some of the last, most pristine portions of America`s national forests, ... Road building simply paves the way for logging, mining and other kinds of resource extraction.

- Anne Lynch

The Bush administration is putting at risk some of the last, most pristine portions of America`s national forests,

- Anne Lynch