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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINTravel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.
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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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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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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living.
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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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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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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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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Selling out is getting a job.
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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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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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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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