Leila Slimani Quotes
I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes.
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Taylor's first four albums have been certified platinum a combined 21 times, but despite her unprecedented success in country music, '1989' is strictly pop.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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By and large my relations with the US were good.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I'm constantly trying to work on the person that I am and work on my shortcomings, and I guess I want people to know that it's ok to be a work in progress, as long as you keep trying to figure it out. But that search and that discovery is what makes life kind of rich, and it's what makes life rich... period.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades.
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The thing I believe is we are good if our peers think we're great. But we are great if the real world thinks we're good. And there's a huge difference.
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Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
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There will, in my view, come a time when there has to be some kind of political denouement inside China, because the newly enriched generation might put up with being told what to do by their rulers - but their children, who will take prosperity for granted, will not.
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I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes.
