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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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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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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Porsche's and Apple's design philosophies are similar. Much like the 356, the original iPhone was about defining a foundation for the future.
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People ask me, 'How do you remember your lines?' That's nothing. That is the least of my concerns.
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My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.
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If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals...
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A Green Party candidate would be very different from a Democrat or Republican and should be heard.
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I had a nanny growing up in Morocco, and my parents encouraged me to put myself in her shoes sometimes.
