Julia Child

Chef

1912-08-15 – 2004-08-13

Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality who brought French cuisine to a broad U.S. audience. She was known for the cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and The French Chef television series.

Quotes by Julia Child

In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for.
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Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.
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You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.
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Life itself is the proper binge.
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You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love.
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In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom; for our Constitution and the due processes of our laws; and for the right to differ in ideas, religion and politics. I am convinced that in your zeal to fight against our enemies, you, too, have forgotten what you are fighting for.
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Life itself is the proper binge.
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Remember, 'No one's more important than people'! In other words, friendship is the most important thing--not career or housework, or one's fatigue--and it needs to be tended and nurtured.
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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.
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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.
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As a girl, I had zero interest in the stove. I've always had a healthy appetite, especially for the wonderful meat and the fresh produce of California, but I was never encouraged to cook and just didn't see the point in it.
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Someone may offer you a freshly caught whole large fish, like a salmon or striped bass. Don't panic - take it!
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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 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.
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Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
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To be able to serve and to eat a whole fish, especially a trout, is part of civilized dining. This applies particularly to the young, who should take to it as soon as they can handle knife and fork; this is a fine way for them to begin taking pride in themselves and their abilities.
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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.
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I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.
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In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men's underwear.
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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.
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