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In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

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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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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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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.

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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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Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

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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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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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I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.

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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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Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Julia Child