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The war broke out, and I wanted to do something to aid my country in a time of crisis. I was too tall for the WACs and WAVES, but eventually joined the OSS and set out into the world looking for adventure.
- Julia Child
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In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.
- Julia Child
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#Diet
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In Paris and later in Marseille, I was surrounded by some of the best food in the world, and I had an enthusiastic audience in my husband, so it seemed only logical that I should learn how to cook 'la cuisine bourgeoise' - good, traditional French home cooking.
- Julia Child
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#Food
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Once you have mastered a technique, you hardly need look at a recipe again and can take off on your own.
- Julia Child
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In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.
- Julia Child
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#Men
#People
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#Who
I was lucky to marry Paul. He was a great inspiration, his enthusiasm about wine and food helped to shape my tastes, and his encouragement saw me through discouraging moments. I never would have had my career without Paul Child.
- Julia Child
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#Food
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#Me
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I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help.
- Julia Child
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What a marvelous resource soup is for the thrifty cook - it solves the ham-bone and lamb-bone problems, the everlasting Thanksgiving turkey, the extra vegetables.
- Julia Child
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#Soup
#Thanksgiving
#Vegetables
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.
- Julia Child
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#Serious
#Understand
#Way
Because of media hype and woefully inadequate information, too many people nowadays are deathly afraid of their food, and what does fear of food do to the digestive system? I am sure that an unhappy or suspicious stomach, constricted and uneasy with worry, cannot digest properly.
- Julia Child
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#I Am
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The art of bread making can become a consuming hobby, and no matter how often and how many kinds of bread one has made, there always seems to be something new to learn.
- Julia Child
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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.
- Julia Child
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#Feel
#Food
#People
#Today
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.
- Julia Child
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#Business
#People
#Remember
#Will
In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.
- Julia Child
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#Food
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I hate organized religion. I think you have to love thy neighbor as thyself. I think you have to pick your own God and be true to him. I always say 'him' rather than 'her.' Maybe it's because of my generation, but I don't like the idea of a female God. I see God as a benevolent male.
- Julia Child
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You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.
- Julia Child
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#Know
#Learn
#Recipes
I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.
- Julia Child
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Usually, one's cooking is better than one thinks it is.
- Julia Child
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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.
- Julia Child
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#Cooking
#Love
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#Someone
It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
- Julia Child
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#Over It
#Plate
#Someone
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.
- Julia Child
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#Drama
#Important
#Life
#Never
Life itself is the proper binge.
- Julia Child
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#Itself
#Life
#Proper
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
- Julia Child
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#Something
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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.
- Julia Child
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#Know
#Love
#Marriage
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