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 BOURDAINHe doesn’t yearn for a better, different life than the one he has – because he knows he’s got a home in this one.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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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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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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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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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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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.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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Luck is not a business model.
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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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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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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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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.
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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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