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> [“The Parisian grocers insisted that I interact with them personally: if I wasn't willing to take the time to get to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/the-parisian-grocers-insisted-that-i-interact-with-them-personally-if/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-still-feel-that-french-cooking-is-the-most-important-in-the-world/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

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> [“I had come to the conclusion that I must really be French, only no one had ever informed me of this fact.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-had-come-to-the-conclusion-that-i-must-really-be-french-only-no-one/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

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> [“It seemed that in Paris you could discuss classic literature or architecture or great music with everyone from the garbage collector to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/it-seemed-that-in-paris-you-could-discuss-classic-literature-or/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

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> [“I suddenly discovered that cooking was a rich and layered and endlessly fascinating subject. The best way to describe it is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-suddenly-discovered-that-cooking-was-a-rich-and-layered-and/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

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## Other authors on French

## More by Julia Child

> [I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-had-my-first-french-meal-and-i-never-got-over-it-it-was-just/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/if-you-are-going-to-flip-something-you-must-have-the-courage-of-your/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [My father was in real estate, banking, and land management. As family life, it was very conventional, happy, and comfortable. We weren't wealthy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/my-father-was-in-real-estate-banking-and-land-management-as-family/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [I never feel lonely in the kitchen. Food is very friendly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-never-feel-lonely-in-the-kitchen-food-is-very-friendly/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [We are so bemused by our own petard, that we are unable to look at things objectively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/we-are-so-bemused-by-our-own-petard-that-we-are-unable-to-look-at/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/if-you-re-buying-tomatoes-pick-them-up-and-smell-them-they-should/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [The perfect dressing is essential to the perfect salad, and I see no reason whatsoever for using a bottled dressing, which may have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/the-perfect-dressing-is-essential-to-the-perfect-salad-and-i-see-no/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [I think one of the terrible things today is that people have this deathly fear of food: fear of eggs, say, or fear of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-think-one-of-the-terrible-things-today-is-that-people-have-this/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [“Standing up through the Citroen's open sunroof, my six-foot-three-inch, red-cheeked sister pointed a long, trembling finger at the perpetrator and with maximum indignation yelled:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/standing-up-through-the-citroen-s-open-sunroof-my-six-foot-three-inch/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/the-only-real-stumbling-block-is-fear-of-failure-in-cooking-you-ve/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/in-the-1960s-you-could-eat-anything-you-wanted-and-of-course-people/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [I was kind of an innocent hayseed from a middle-class, utterly nonintellectual background.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/i-was-kind-of-an-innocent-hayseed-from-a-middle-class-utterly/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/there-are-only-four-great-arts-music-painting-sculpture-and/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [“It was fun, although we felt like pawns, or prawns, in the maelstrom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/it-was-fun-although-we-felt-like-pawns-or-prawns-in-the-maelstrom/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

> [Many of the delicious soups you eat in French homes and little restaurants are made just this way, with a leek-and-potato base to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-child/many-of-the-delicious-soups-you-eat-in-french-homes-and-little/)

[Julia Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-child/)

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