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I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.

Anthony Bourdain

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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Change Leave Life Small Travel World Yourself
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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Beautiful Myself Night
Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.
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Greatness Life Memories Oneself Play Power True
What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
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One Liner
I could eat bloody Elvis – if you put enough vinegar on him.
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Eat Himself Myself
Without new ideas, success can become stale.
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Ideas Inspirational Success
I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
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Friendship Myself Respect Yourself
Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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Afraid Angry History People Teaching
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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Feeling Myself
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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Experience Expression Journey Oneself Serious
I had field experience, a vocabulary, and a criminal mind. I was a danger to myself and others.
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Crime Dangerous Myself
I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
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Believe Eat Goodness Myself Risk
Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
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Character Skill Yourself
Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.
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Body Fun Yourself
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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Food Life Live Myself Worth
Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
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Food Goodness Simplicity

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