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Any disaster is a learning process.

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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
Disaster
Failure
Learning
Process

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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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A house without a cat is like a day without sunshine, a pie without fromage, a dinner without wine.
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I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile...then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile.
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A party without cake is really just a meeting.
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People were hysterical about Communism the way people today are hysterical about flag burning. I'm really against these people who try to show that they're great patriots, because they're not thinking, they're just being hysterical.
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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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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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When I got to France I realized I didn't know very much about food at all. I'd never had a real cake. I'd had those cakes from cake mixes or the ones that have a lot of baking powder in them. A really good French cake doesn't have anything like that in it - it's all egg power.
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking... doesn't mean it has to be fancy cooking, although it can be as elaborate as you wish.
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We hit it off immediately, especially Helene, who was a 'swallow-life-in-big-gulps' kind of person.
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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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It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
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Fake food -- I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut -- is unnatural, almost immoral, a bane to good eating and good cooking.
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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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I think the inner person is the most important.... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.
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Just how could a nation often be great if it's bread tastes want Kleenex.
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If you're afraid of butter, use cream.
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I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.
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Just speak very loudly and quickly, and state your position with utter conviction, as the French do, and you'll have a marvelous time!
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One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.
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