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Peg Bracken, an American author, was born on February 25, 1918, and passed away on October 20, 2007. Known for her humorous and satirical writing style, she is best remembered for her book 'The I Hate to Cook Book', which offered a unique perspective on home cooking.

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Famous Peg Bracken Quotes

“It is important to remember that these are your Declining Years, in which you can jolly well decline to do what you don't feel like doing, unless not doing it would make you feel worse than doing it.”

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Book:On Getting Old for the First Time

Source: On Getting Old for the First Time

“I didn't learn for years that you generally find your Self after you quit looking for it.”

Years Self Quitting

Book:On Getting Old for the First Time

Source: On Getting Old for the First Time

“Peas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same vine.”

Years Grew Eggs Vines Carrots Ham Peas

Book:A Window Over the Sink

Source: A Window Over the Sink

“There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest.”

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Author:Peg Bracken

About the Author

Born: February 25, 1918
Died: October 20, 2007
Known for: Author
Quotes: 56

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But I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World!: The Pleasures and Perils of an Unseasoned TravelerRelated source material

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I Try to Behave Myself: Peg Bracken's Etiquette BookRelated source material

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