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“Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways” — Anonymous
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Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways
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Snopes investigated this line within a longer passage attributed to Anthony Bourdain and rated the claim Unproven. Its searches of books, interviews, and the documentary Roadrunner did not authenticate the passage. Source and attribution evidence ↗
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Snopes investigated this line within a longer passage attributed to Anthony Bourdain and rated the claim Unproven. Its searches of books, interviews, and the documentary Roadrunner did not authenticate the passage.
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Quotle.info. “Who really said ‘Be open to a world where you may not understand or agree with the person next to you, but have a drink with them anyways’?” Last verified 9 Nov 2026. https://quotle.info/who-said/be-open-to-a-world-where-you-may-not-understand-or-agree/