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 BOURDAINWhat’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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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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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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Don’t lie about it. You made a mistake. Admit it and move on. Just don’t do it again. Ever.
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Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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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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The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
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I learned to recognize failure.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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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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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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Selling out is getting a job.
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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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No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
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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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Luck is not a business model.
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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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Perhaps omelet skills should be learned at the same time you learn to fuck.
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Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.
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I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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