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I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
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Pasadena
California
Julia Carolyn Child
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In my generation, except for a few people who'd gone into banking or nursing or something like that, middle-class women didn't have careers. You were to marry and have children and be a nice mother. You didn't go out and do anything. I found that I got restless.
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I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.
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One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.
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The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.
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I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.
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I'd like for people to be able to go to the universities and get a degree in fine arts-gastronomy.
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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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The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.
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If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.
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I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.
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