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If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

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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
Hard
Work
Good
Bored
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Profession
Never
Finished
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