Mireille Guiliano Quotes
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I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.
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Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can concentrate and enjoy the full flavors.
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Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.
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In # France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it.
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When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.
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You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin.
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Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.
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French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.
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I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.
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I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.
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We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand.
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Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present.
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The real reason French women don't get fat is not genetic, but cultural, and if the French subjected themselves to the American extremes of eating and dieting, the obesity problem in France would be much worse than what has struck America.
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Wine is a living, breathing thing during its time in the bottle and in the glass. It is always changing, especially in the glass. A little oxygen can really open up and release the flavors in a complex wine, as well as mellow the rougher edge of immaturity.
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Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.
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French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.
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In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure.
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Intelligence, knowledge or experience are important and might get you a job, but strong communication skills are what will get you promoted.
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Once a day, take some 'Beach Time.'
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Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.
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French women don't eat Wonder Bread.
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One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs.
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We only have one body, and you have to show respect for it.
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French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless.