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 BOURDAINI’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.
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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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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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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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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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I’m a big believer in winging it. I’m a big believer that you’re never going to find the perfect city travel experience or the perfect meal without a constant willingness to experience a bad one.
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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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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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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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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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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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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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