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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.

Anthony Bourdain

Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Lie Mistake Yourself
An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

One Liner Sin
That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Experiment New Repeat Try
Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Inspirational One Liner Rise
The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Deep Ideas
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 BOURDAIN

Food Ourselves Space Time
Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Doctor
Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Greatness Life Memories Oneself Play Power True
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Deserve Food Yourself
Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Body Fun Yourself
Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Ambition Leave Reason
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Beautiful Myself Night
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Experience Expression Journey Oneself Serious
I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Believe Eat Goodness Myself Risk
This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Healing Magic Yourself
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 BOURDAIN

Better Eat Hunger Learning Life Live People Possible Travel Yourself

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