No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
ANTHONY BOURDAINYour body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don’t deserve to eat garlic.
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This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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I learned to recognize failure.
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If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.
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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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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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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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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
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