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One of my few virtues - I don't have a lot of them - would be a deep sense of curiosity. I'm interested in how other people live in other places I'm interested in other cultures.

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Anthony Bourdain
Age: 61 †
Born: 1956
Born: June 25
Died: 2018
Died: June 8
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