No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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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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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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People confuse me. Food doesn’t.
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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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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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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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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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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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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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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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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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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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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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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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