Zoe Lister-Jones Quotes
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GMOs are found in nearly 80% of processed food in the United States. Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is consumed what are you eating GMO with zoe lister-jonesgenetically engineered, as are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton. In short, they are everywhere.
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I’m a big lipstick girl- I’m old school that way.
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I always loved writing as a tool of expression.
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I think a big misconception about GMOs is that there is a scientific consensus on their safety.
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My parents have always been very open.
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I do think it's important to be honest about your feelings in a long term relationship because it's totally human to be attracted to other people. It's just about what you do about that attraction.
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In my view, relationship movies never get old because humanity will never not be confounded by their relationships.
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GMO herbicide-tolerant crops have led to a 527 million pound increase in herbicide use in the U.S. between 1996 and 2011.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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In most movies there is a Prince Charming who rides up and saves the girl.
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The fact is, some of the most respected scientific bodies in the world, including Codex Alimentarius (jointly run by the World Health Organization and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations), the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association, and the American Public Health Association, have stated that more research needs to be done on GMOs through premarket safety assessments before we can truthfully determine their safety.
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There are a lot of great organizations who are fighting for food and environmental safety in this country. The Environmental Working Group, Just Label It, Food Democracy Now, and the Center for Food Safety, to name a few.
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As artists, it's really important to take time to see what other art is happening and to know what's happening in the world.
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I'm everything free. I'm gluten-free. I'm dairy-free. I'm sugar-free. Sometimes I'm yeast-free which really means I eat paper.
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Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.
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Sometimes I think that kids who are given junk food then don't crave it as adults in the same way. I don't know. I'm trying to figure out what the psychology is behind it before I have children.
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Women always try to see the one good part of The Weird Guy because the dating landscape is so bleak. Women will say, 'He's very odd, but he likes to cook. He's creepy, but he makes good pancakes!'
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.
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There are certain women who are sexually driven and they can compartmentalize it from an emotional attachment.
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It's always fun to play characters that are different from me.
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There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.
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You always have to lie. I've been in plays that people don't enjoy and I pray that they lie to my face when I come outside.
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Because there are so many factors when considering the potential impacts of GMOs on our health and environment, we wanted to make a film that could unpack complex subject matter, while taking the audience on an entertaining ride. It is a very powerful tool because it allows viewers to understand the nature of these very complicated issues in a digestible format, and then hopefully engage in a dialogue about them in their respective homes and communities.
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My mom's a great cook but I wasn't really allowed a lot of sugar or junk. That has served me well in my life.
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I try to make a lot of time for friends and family because I think that's really important and for pleasurable experiences.
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The World Health Organization recently concluded that glyphosate, the main ingredient in the most-used herbicide on GMOs, is "possibly carcinogenic to humans." What's even scarier is that more than 3,200 elementary schools are within 1,000 feet of genetically modified corn or soybean fields. Drift is a very real thing in agricultural communities, so the proximity of these toxic substances to children is terrifying.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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I doubt I'm more secure than Meryl Streep... I guess actors just never feel secure.
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I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist because I wanted to know that my life was secure.
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