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The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.
Julia Child
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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
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Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
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People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.
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