And chicken is boring. Chefs see it as a menu item for people who don’t know what they want to eat.
ANTHONY BOURDAINI’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.
More Anthony Bourdain Quotes
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The way you make an omelet reveals your character.
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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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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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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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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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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 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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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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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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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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Good food and good eating are about risk.
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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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I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
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Selling out is getting a job.
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