I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas – fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
ANTHONY BOURDAINYour body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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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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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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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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Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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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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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime, Please, treat your garlic with respect.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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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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