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Leila Slimani Quotes

People don't want to treat their nannies subserviently. They don't want to act like bosses. And so nobody quite knows how to behave, and everyone is slightly pretending that the mother and nanny are 'equal' - when that's not the case. And pretending you are equal can make things complicated, even dangerous.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: french
Birth: October 3, 1981

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Mother People Treat You Complicated

The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job.

Personality Job You Tragedy Want

Ever since John Kennedy, Democrats have had a weakness for dashing younger men like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and, I suppose, Jimmy Carter. They balance their tickets with senior statesmen - Lyndon Johnson, Joe Biden, Walter Mondale. (Al Gore was young but played ancient).

Men Balance Weakness Young Senior

I believe that if your brain has to get to grips with complicated words, then you won't get Alzheimer's. I'm sure it's not true, but I do believe it.

Words Brain Believe You Complicated

After being in a gym, you're super hungry all the time because you're burning all these calories.

Time You Gym Hungry Being Calories

The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Great Man Mind Great Man Wish True

If I had free time to go to Los Angeles to shoot a movie, I would rather spend it with my kids.

Stephen Colbert

Time Free Los Angeles Go Shoot Kids

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

Work Day Doing Week Every Day Would

The only method by which people can be supported is out of the effort of those who are earning their own way. We must not create a deterrent to hard work.

Work Hard Work Effort People Create

Intent to harm America is not required to make the mishandling of information criminal - it simply requires that the actor was grossly negligent.

America Information Actor Criminal

'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song.

Song Black Soccer Too Much Almost

I come to Maui and go surfing, standup paddling, slacklining, swimming, and free-diving.

Swimming Go Surfing Come Paddling

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

Women Equality Short Selling Why

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