That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea that politicians-even the slickest and brightest presidential candidates-were real heroes and truly exciting people. That is wrong on its face. They are mainly dull people with corrupt instincts and criminal children.
“I'm never a reliable narrator, unbiased or objective. I set up ludicrous goals, unreasonably over-romantic objectives, in the hope that by leaving myself open to misadventure, disaster, and the happy accident, good things will happen. I brought a lot of prejudices to the table. . . . I try to be aware of those prejudices myself because one of my principle pleasures is being proven wrong. I'm not afraid to look like an idiot. That feels good sometimes, to have it demonstrated that: no, it's not like that at all.”
–Bourdain
Sources:
📸 Parts Unknown: Borneo
💬 Powell’s Books, 2006
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The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask of your apparently separate, independent, and isolated ego.