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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.

Anthony Bourdain

It’s very rarely a good career move to have a conscience.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Career Goodness Rare
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Better Eat Hunger Learning Life Live People Possible Travel Yourself
I don’t have to agree with you to like you or respect you.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Friendship Myself Respect Yourself
Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Character Skill Yourself
Under ‘Reasons for Leaving Last Job’, never give the real reason, unless it’s money or ambition.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Ambition Leave Reason
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Alone Fake Wonderful
Good food is very often, even most often, simple food.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Food Goodness Simplicity
The idea of America is a mutt-culture, isn’t it? Who the hell is America if not everybody else?
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Deep Ideas
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.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Bad Believe Big Experience Myself Perfection Travel Yourself
Writing anything is a treason of sorts.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Kill One Liner Writing
What’s the opposite of suck? Un-suck?
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

One Liner
I’ve long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Believe Eat Goodness Myself Risk
This, I knew, was the magic I had until now been only dimly and spitefully aware of.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Healing Magic Yourself
Don’t touch my dick, don’t touch my knife.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Food Myself Touch
Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don’t deserve to eat garlic.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Deserve Food Yourself
No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American.
ANTHONY BOURDAIN

Dream Reward Understand

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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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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