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It's been about a week without alcohol of any kind. I'm enjoying my new, clean-living lifestyle.
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Anthony Bourdain
Age: 61 †
Born: 1956
Born: June 25
Died: 2018
Died: June 8
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I'm not trying to explain other cultures, or to give a fair and balanced account of a country, or the top ten things you need to know. I'm not trying to spread world peace and understanding. I'm not an advocate or an activist or an educator or a journalist. I'm out there trying to tell stories the best I can.
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[George] Orwell's essays. It's got it all. Great writing, a worldview that I find interesting and useful, and most of it timelessly true.
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I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.
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The older I get, and the more I travel in particular, the less I care about what exactly is in the dish than who's cooking it and why.
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I'm a control freak. If you're going to slap my name on something, I would like to control it.
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I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure
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I managed to reach a depth of self-loathing that usually takes a night of drinking to achieve.
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