Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. ― Anthony Bourdain

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It takes a moment to tell someone you love them, but it takes a lifetime to prove it.

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No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American. ― Anthony Bourdain

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Good food is very often, even most often, simple food. ― Anthony Bourdain

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I am not a fan of people who abuse service staff. In fact, I find it intolerable. It’s an unpardonable sin as far as I’m concerned, taking out personal business or some other kind of dissatisfaction on a waiter or busboy. ― Anthony Bourdain

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I'm a lover not a fighter.

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Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. ― Anthony Bourdain

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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. ― Anthony Bourdain

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I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.

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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. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt. ― Anthony Bourdain

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