I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once.
ANTHONY BOURDAINUnder ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
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There’s something wonderful about drinking in the afternoon. A not-too-cold pint, absolutely alone at the bar – even in this fake-ass Irish pub.
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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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That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.
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Frightened people become angry people – as history teaches us again and again.
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It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
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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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You have to be a romantic to invest yourself, your money, and your time in cheese.
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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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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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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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This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
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Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of ‘medicine.’
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Cream rises. Excellence does have its rewards.
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