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If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.

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Julia Child
Age: 91 †
Born: 1912
Born: August 15
Died: 2004
Died: August 13
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Pasadena
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Julia Carolyn Child
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Pro-choice is the only way to be-- because women are human beings, after all, and should be treated as such.
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