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What does it mean?
Brown jokes about the proverb that man cannot live on bread alone by saying he is willing to try.
In plain terms
He jokes that he might live on just bread.
What can you take from it?
Use simple food to explore life's basics.

Where it applies

  • discussing minimalism
  • joking about diet

Putting it to work

  • simplify meals
  • laugh at sayings

Questions to consider

  • What is the simplest meal you can eat?
  • Which sayings do you find funny?

Another view

It ignores the nutritional need for a varied diet.

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