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Sooner or later the public will forget you the memory of you will fade. What's important are the individuals you've influenced along the way.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
Chef
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Television Presenter
Writer
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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As we say in the American Institute of Wine and Food, small helpings, no seconds. A little bit of everything. No snacking. And have a good time.
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People who are not interested in food always seem rather dry and unloving and don't have a real gusto for life.
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I love good, fresh food cooked by someone who knows what he's doing.
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Cooking hasn't yet been accepted as the art form it is. It should be on the level with any of the other art forms.
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A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.
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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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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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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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