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All Quotes by author - Pamela Druckerman

" A large part of the creative process is tolerating the gap between the glorious image you had in your mind and the sad thing you've just made. "

" A lot of French comedy is satire. "

" Although I wrote a book about infidelity around the world, I ended up concluding that fidelity is quite a good idea. "

" America's parenting customs can shock foreigners. "

" And as a mother of three with a full-time job, podcasts gave me the illusion of having a vibrant social life. I was constantly 'meeting' new people. My favorite hosts started to seem like friends: I could detect small shifts in their moods and tell when they were flirting with guests. "

" Around my neighborhood, I'm known as the American who talks to her computer while she types. "

" As an American married to an Englishman and living in France, I've spent much of my adult life trying to decode the rules of conversation in three countries. Paradoxically, these rules are almost always unspoken. "

" Babies aren't savages. Toddlers understand language long before they can talk. "

" Before Donald Trump took office, optimism about his presidency was the lowest of any president-elect since at least the 1970s. "

" Being an immigrant mother can be hard, but being a poor immigrant mother is much harder. You don't generally get to sit in cafes polishing your French by reading 'Le Monde.' "

" Certain woman will be jealous of how skinny you are, no matter what's causing it. "

" Childhood and adolescence are nothing but milestones: You grow taller, advance to new grades, and get your period, your driver's license, and your diploma. Then, in your 20s and 30s, you romance potential partners, find jobs, and learn to support yourself. "

" Discrimination was a problem before terrorism. Now, the bad deeds of a few people have made life worse for millions. "

" Early childhood offerings vary, but everywhere in Europe and in Canada, they're far more generous than in the United States. Ukrainian dads may not change enough diapers, but their government offers paid maternity leave; practically free preschool; and per-baby payments equivalent to eight months of an average salary. "

" Earnestness makes British people gag. "

" Eating among the French certainly affected me. After a few years here, I gave up most of my selective food habits. "

" Even for natives, French satire is rarely laugh-out-loud funny. Its unspoken punch line is typically that things have gone irrevocably wrong, and the government is to blame. "

" Every time I pass a cafe, I imagine it being stormed by men with Kalashnikovs. "

" French children seem to be able to play by themselves in a way. "

" French schools follow a national curriculum that includes arduous surveys of French philosophy and literature. Frenchmen then spend the rest of their lives quoting Proust to one another, with hardly anyone else catching the references. "

" Get rid of the idea of kids' food. Kids can eat whatever adults can eat. You know, there is one dinner, and everyone has the same thing. "

" Having lived in America and France, I've been on both sides of the picky-eating divide. "

" Here's some news you might find surprising: By and large, the French like Jews. "

" How hard or easy it is to raise kids, especially while working, is a big part of people's well-being everywhere. "

" I always knew the French had a penchant for criticism and abstract thought. Usually, that just meant they complained a lot. "

" I don't like rules, because rules, you have to follow. "

" If you had asked me what I wanted when I was 12 years old, I probably would have said, 'To marry a plastic surgeon.' You can hardly blame me: I was growing up in Miami. "

" If you want to know how old you look, just walk into a French cafe. It's like a public referendum on your face. "

" I gradually understood why European mothers aren't in perpetual panic about their work-life balance and don't write books about how executive moms should just try harder: Their governments are helping them - and doing it competently. "

" I guess we're all supposed to get used to living in a more dangerous world. "

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