Leila Slimani Quotes

That animal part of us, it's the most interesting part. It's everything that has to do with drives, with things we can't stop ourselves from doing, with all the spaces where we're unable to reason with ourselves. It has its dark side, but there's a luminous side, too, which is the fact that we're just another species of animal.

Leila Slimani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

AnimalInterestingDoingDarkStop

By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.' It changed the way we think about global business, competitiveness and the implication for far-flung economies, governments, education and more.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

EducationBusinessHistoryWorldWay

Every actress hopes to play a wide range of characters because not often you don't.

Megalyn Echikunwoke

YouPlayBecauseActressHopesWide

Without people like Dylan and the Beatles and people like Paul Simon, I think rock n' roll would have died out like Dixieland jazz.

Robert Hilburn

PeopleThinkJazzRockWithoutOut

I said, to hell with the whole thing, to hell with show business. I'm gonna make a new life for myself, and I got off drugs, completely kicked all that stuff.

Tommy Kirk

LifeBusinessMyselfHellNew Life

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

Tom Stoppard

FatherMindAlwaysLikeKnewLooked

People, despite having the common interest in our band, might not be friends before meeting at a show. It's great bringing families together.

Liv Bruce

GreatTogetherPeopleFriendsBand

I always work with two cameras. Its kind of like I'm hypnotizing the subject with the flashing. It's a bombardment of action, flashes, and I think it helps them to ease into the process.

Juergen Teller

WorkActionThinkProcessKindTwo

I didn't go to many movies. My mom would make a family outing and bring chicken in the theater. Smell up the whole place. The most impactful movies were 'Godfather II' and 'Scarface'. I loved the human complexity, and those movies are so well shot. Cinematic greatness. I really stopped going in my early twenties.

Jay-Z

FamilyGreatnessMomLovedEarlyGo

I look at a show like 'Roseanne.' That's super influential on me. It's very funny, very real, with real problems. That was a big influence, and I don't know if you see that all the time in the network world.

Jonathan Krisel

FunnyTimeMeInfluenceWorldLook

My life has always gone step by step.

David Silva

LifeStepMy LifeAlwaysGone

I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.

Christie Hefner

ChangeParentFeelFriendsI Can

Life is much weirder than fiction; nothing's more absurd.

Peter Mullan

LifeNothingMoreFictionAbsurd

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