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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
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Lovely
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Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake.
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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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Being tall is an advantage, especially in business. People will always remember you. And if you're in a crowd, you'll always have some clean air to breathe.
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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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I'm afraid that surprise, shock, and regret is the fate of authors when they finally see themselves on the page.
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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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...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.
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The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle in my books by simply telling everything. The experienced cook will know to skip through the verbiage, but the explanations will be there for those who still need them.
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