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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
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Television Presenter
Writer
Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
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People who love to eat are always the best people.
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Any disaster is a learning process.
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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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No one's more important than people.
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The tomato hides its griefs. Internal damage is hard to spot.
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