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Cooking is one failure after another, and that's how you finally learn.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
Cook
Television Presenter
Writer
Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
Cooking
Finally
Failure
Food
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Culinary

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We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.
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Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.
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If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.
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Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.
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A party without cake is really just a meeting.
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In spite of food fads, fitness programs, and health concerns, we must never lose sight of a beautifully conceived meal.
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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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...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.
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A passionate interest in what you do is the secret of enjoying life...whether it is helping old people or children, or making cheese or growing earthworms.
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I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.
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