Anthony Bourdain Quotes
Life is complicated. It's filled with nuance. It's unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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Sometimes you have to be okay with what you are to the world, where you are in the world, and make the most of it.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.
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Going vegetarian - and then vegan - has calmed me down, and it has also made me physically and emotionally strong. I do crave meat once in a while, but I find that spiritually, non-vegetarian food works against my emotional health.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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Crime is only the retail department of what, in wholesale, we call penal law.
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You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.
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Often it is the case that it takes ‘just a little’ to help and support people, so they can help themselves. I have met adults and children, men and women, whose living conditions are difficult for us to imagine, but every time I come away inspired by their strength and will to improve their lives and provide a better life for their children.
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There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.
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Life is complicated. It's filled with nuance. It's unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt.
