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How lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly.

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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
Life
Friendly
Lovely
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Time

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We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
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When the war broke out I decided I would be very patriotic. Standing my full height. I presented myself to the Wacs and the to the Waves. And I was rejected - I was an inch too tall.
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Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.
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