Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
ANTHONY BOURDAINThat without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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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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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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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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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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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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I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas – fat, drugged, and completely out of it.
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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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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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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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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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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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I am in no way supportive of hunting for trophies or sport – would never do it and don’t like it that others do. But if you kill it, then eat it, it’s fine.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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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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