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True conservatives fear anything that is at odds with the status quo, even to the extent of being unable to recognise when the status quo represents injustice. And reactionary conservatives actually want to tear down the gains of the past.

~Anthony Albanese

Topics: Actually Anything Being Conservatives Down Even Extent Fear Gains Injustice Odds Past Quo Reactionary Recognise Represents Status Status Quo Tear True Unable Want

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Being a vegan is a first-world phenomenon, completely self-indulgent.

~Anthony Bourdain

Topics: Being Phenomenon Vegan

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When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a lot more really, really good food than perhaps I'd like to. So many of my friends are really good chefs. It's kind of like being in the Mafia.

~Anthony Bourdain

Topics: About Back Being Chefs Complain Eat Food Friends Good Good Food Kind Like Lot Mafia Many More New New York Perhaps Really Terrible Terrible Thing Than Thing York

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You'd have a hard time finding anything better than Barcelona for food, as far as being a hub. Given a choice between Barcelona and San Sebastian to die in, I'd probably want to die in San Sebastian.

~Anthony Bourdain

Topics: Anything As Far As Barcelona Being Better Between Choice Die Far Finding Food Given Hard Hard Time Hub San Than Time Want You

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I'm not besotted with the notion of being on CNN to the point that I'm going to suddenly morph into Anderson Cooper or Christiane Amanpour. I'm not a foreign correspondent.

~Anthony Bourdain

Topics: Anderson Being Cooper Correspondent Foreign Going Notion Point Suddenly Cnn

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It just seems there's better things to do in your life than be on television if it's not interesting, if it's not challenging, if it's not fun. You know? When it stops being those things for me, I'll stop making television.

~Anthony Bourdain

Topics: Being Better Better Things Challenging Fun Interesting Just Know Life Making Me Seems Stop Stops Television Than Things Those You Your

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Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what I was looking for. Slowly but surely, it became clear that the last thing I was interested in was freedom. Because if you're going to be free, you have to be free from something.

~Anthony Braxton

Topics: Became Because Being Clear Free Freedom Going Growing Growing Up Interested Last Looking Revolutionary Slowly Something Space Surely Thing Thought Time Up You

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Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look at 'proper' books, which means books without pictures.

~Anthony Browne

Topics: Away Being Books Children Earlier Feeling Get Look Marginalised Means Picture Pictures Proper Pushed Which Without

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I find it incredible and outrageous that public and school libraries are being forced to close - we'll all pay the price in the long term.

~Anthony Browne

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Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.

~Anthony Burgess

Topics: Avoid Bath Being Clean Day Menace Once Once A Week Public Really Twice Twice A Day Week

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