“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.”
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Source: Man and Crisis (1962), p. 94.
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”
Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es. <br class="br"> Aphorism #4 http://books.google.com/books?id=enUTAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Dis-moi+ce+que+tu+manges+je+te+dirai+ce+que+tu+es%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage, Physiologie du Goût (1825)
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