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Leila Slimani Quotes

I want to say that I can be Moroccan and speak about someone without speaking about his nationality. Because, you know, I have the feeling that when you come from Morocco, when you come from Afghanistan, when you come from Africa, Occidental people always wait for you to write a novel about identity.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Identity People Wait Speak Someone

I was the original voice of Mattel's Barbie for an '80s claymation workout video.

Voice Barbie Original Workout Video

I'm governor of New York.

New York New Governor York

I've had several different careers.

Different Careers Had Several

My son, before he went to school, he'd eat pretty much everything. Then as soon as he went to school, he got some peer pressure, and other kids would say, 'Oh, you're gonna eat that. That's horrible. That's disgusting.'

Son School Pressure You Say Eat

Relying on intelligence as the chief touchstone for decisions about whether and when to attack creates a wide opening for misunderstandings, divergent interpretations, and vulnerabilities to parties with an interest in either attack or delay.

Intelligence Decisions Opening Delay

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

Success Good Great Childhood Value

I'm not just going to get a deal; I'm going to get the deal. And in my deal I got by signing with No I.D. to Def Jam, I got full creative control, the money was great, the contract was good, and I got to create the album that I wanted.

Good Great Money Creative Control

I'm the original take-orders girl.

No one ceases to be a man, no one forfeits his rights to civilization merely by being more or less uncultured, and since the Filipino is regarded as a fit citizen when he is asked to pay taxes or shed his blood to defend the fatherland, why must this fitness be denied him when the question arises of granting him some right?

Fitness Man Civilization Citizen Why

I'm from Kenner, Louisiana, where music is played for every occasion in life. There's music for being born, there's music for dying... It's just natural. Families get really good because they play a lot together.

Life Good Music Together Born Play

I want good work.

Work Good Good Work Want

Some people think that horror films are some sort of second class filmmaking, and the only way to bypass that thinking is being proud of the fact that we do it.

People Proud Think Thinking Way

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