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Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality who introduced French cuisine to the American public. Her cookbook and television show transformed how Americans cooked and ate at home. She became an iconic figure known for her enthusiasm, humor, and approachable teaching style. Here are 69 of her quotes:

Life itself is the proper binge. (Julia Child)
My, I get so depressed after a poor meal; that's why I can never stay in England for more than a week. View quote
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You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love. View quote
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"Too much trouble," "Too expensive," or "Who will know the difference" are death knells for good food. View quote
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I wouldn't keep him around long if I didn't feed him well. View quote
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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. View quote
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I found that the recipes in most - in all - the books I had were really not adequate. They didn't tell you enough... I won't do anything unless I'm told why I'm doing it. So I felt that we needed fuller explanations so that if you followed one of those recipes, it should turn out exactly right. View quote
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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! View quote
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I think every woman should have a blowtorch. View quote
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Drama is very important in life: You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything can have drama if it's done right. Even a pancake. View quote
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But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on. (Julia Child)
The sweetness and generosity and politeness and gentleness and humanity of the French had shown me how lovely life can be if one takes time to be friendly. View quote
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I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was. View quote
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She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous. View quote
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I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make. ... Maybe the cat has fallen into the stew, or the lettuce has frozen, or the cake has collapsed-eh bien, tant pis! 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-and learn from her mistakes. View quote
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... nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of butter. Most doctors feel that you can have a little bit of everything. View quote
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I fell in love with the public, the public fell in love with me, and I tried to keep it that way. (Julia Child)
In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and of course, people were smoking cigarettes and all kinds of things, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. Those were lovely days for gastronomy, I must say. View quote
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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. View quote
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I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well. View quote
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Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages. View quote
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Occupation: American Chef
Born: August 15, 1912
Died: August 13, 2004
Quotes count: 69
Wikipedia: Julia Child

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