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.
ANTHONY BOURDAINThis, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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Luck is not a business model.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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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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Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me .
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No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
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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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Travel 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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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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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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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