The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
ANTHONY BOURDAINFrightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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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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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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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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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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I’m not going anywhere. I hope. It’s been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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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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I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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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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Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you.
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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 had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
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