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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.

Anthony Bourdain

I’m not going anywhere. I hope. It’s been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
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Adventure Break Hope Lost Myself World
It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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Place Reality
No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
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Dream Reward Understand
Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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Food Goodness Simplicity
I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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Myself Try
There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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Alone Fake Wonderful
Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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Inspirational One Liner Rise
Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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Ideas Inspirational Success
People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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Food Myself One Liner People
It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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Career Goodness Rare
Few things are more beautiful to me than a bunch of thuggish, heavily tattooed line cooks moving around each other like ballerinas on a busy Saturday night.
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Beautiful Myself Night
Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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Food Myself Touch
He doesn’t yearn for a better, different life than the one he has – because he knows he’s got a home in this one.
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Better Different Himself Home Oneself
And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
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Eat Food People
Our movements through time and space seem somehow trivial compared to a heap of boiled meat in broth, the smell of saffron, garlic, fishbone, and Pernod.
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Food Ourselves Space Time
The journey is part of the experience – an expression of the seriousness of one’s intent. One doesn’t take the A train to Mecca.
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Experience Expression Journey Oneself Serious

People confuse me. Food doesn’t.

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