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Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account

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"Food, like sex, is one of the principal kinds of human activity that engage people when they wonder about how to account for different kinds of human behaviour"

- Marvin Harris

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This quote is written / told by Marvin Harris between August 18, 1927 and October 25, 2001. He/she was a famous Scientist from USA. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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