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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"Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. The journey changes you; it should change you."

- Anthony Bourdain

Transformation

"I wasn't that great a chef, and I don't think I'm that great a writer."

- Anthony Bourdain

Self-awareness

"If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it's the restaurant business."

- Anthony Bourdain

Self-awareness

"I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times."

- Anthony Bourdain

Happiness

"Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride."

- Anthony Bourdain

Happiness

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition