No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
ANTHONY BOURDAINCream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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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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It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description.
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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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Luck is not a business model.
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Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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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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An ounce of sauce covers a multitude of sins.
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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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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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