Anthony Bourdain Quotes

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.

Anthony Bourdain

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• My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

  

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• The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

  

  Saint Augustine
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• Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.

  

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• What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.

  

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• I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.

  

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• The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.

  

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• I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas sensed this and wouldn't try to talk to me, and then an insecure voice in my head would cry, 'He's racist!'

  

  Karan Mahajan
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• Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.

  

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  • Great
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• I had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't get too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. Tone is everything. If you've set the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with making people cry.

  

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• To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.

  

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• It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
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• We sat down and read it for the first time and I thanked God under my breath, because they were all so good. And my leading ladies are both exceptional. I mean, everybody in the play. I could just go on all night about them.

  

  Gavin MacLeod
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• The culmination of a long struggle was 2013, which could clearly be labeled the Year of the Gay. State after state had legalized gay marriage, despite intense opposition from the religious right.

  

  Edmund White
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• 'Do you love him?' Maura asked curiously.'I'd rather not,' Blue replied.'He has lots of negative qualities I can help you hone in on,' her mother offered.'I'm already aware of them. Infinitely.'

  

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• Many a bard's untimely death Lends unto his verses breath; Here's a song was never sung: Growing old is dying young.

  

  Edna St. Vincent Millay
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• You can't be wise and in love at the same time.

  

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• In theater, blood is ketchup; in performance, everything's real.

  

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• Drama asks some uncomfortable questions at times... It goes to pretty dark places.

  

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• I know that Kelly Clarkson is going to continue to have an important career. And I believe it will be a lasting one.

  

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• The Death Books Zahra and her forces were hunting were real, and they are referenced in Adams’ Congressional testimony, as well. In my humble opinion, a full historical treatment of Henry Adams and his contributions to the race is long overdue, so all of you true historians out there, the ball’s in your court.

  

  Beverly Jenkins
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• I also know there are timeless waters, endless seas, and lots of people in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves. I look up at the sky and I see you there.

  

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• I would be hard-pressed to look back at anything that I have done in my career and not say, 'I would have done that a little different' because hindsight is 20/20.

  

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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.

  

  Anthony Bourdain
  • Hunting