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" I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective. "

Anthony Bourdain

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" I love the masochistic aspect of eating seething, real Sichuan food in Sichuan Province. "

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" To be treated well in places where you don't expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can't be a bad thing. "

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" I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food. "

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" I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff. "

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" Anyone who doesn't have a great time in San Francisco is pretty much dead to me. "

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" Sometimes the greatest meals on vacations are the ones you find when Plan A falls through. "

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" I think fine dining is dying out everywhere... but I think there will be - and there has to always be - room for at least a small number of really fine, old-school fine-dining restaurants. "

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" At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It's a gift. "

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" Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as it gets. It celebrates a mentality of sloth, convenience, and a cheerful embrace of food we know is hurting us. "

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" There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military. "

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