The Kama Sutra of Work: Why Work is the New Sex and How to Make Sure You're Getting Enough
Avril Millar
Top 10 Best Quotes
“[...] you can practise being on top in all sorts of ways first. Tackle the unordered dish that just appeared on your restaurant bill. Send back the inferior pudding. (I assume there is such a thing as an inferior pudding?) Don’t be chicken about going out on your own at night (and yes, be safe, but this is a very safe country so don’t become a prisoner of Daily Mail hysteria).”
“[...] confident women are gob-smackingly amazing.”
“Your bad shit will make you. If you can grasp that early enough on, you might start to welcome challenges and adversity for what they give you in the long run.”
“You see, work is very, very important to women. It gives us independence, security and freedom. It’s often in work that we find our self-confidence and self-esteem. In practical terms, we need to be able to work to cope with life and all it throws at us. It helps us find our talents, grow our skills, and give ourselves pleasure.”
“You may think you simply can’t deal with ONE MORE FUCKING THING going wrong. You’re wrong. You can and you WILL deal with each and every thing that life will throw at you.”
“You have the opportunity to create yourself. Screw ‘finding yourself’. I know of people who choose to do nothing every day and then go off on retreat to ‘find themselves’.”
“You can, you MUST, design the life you want.”
“We can ask men out, initiate sex, refuse sex, be adventurous and propose marriage — all without raising an eyebrow. We can dress as we want and do what we want.”
“To get confident, you have to act like it first. Stand upright, chin up, make your gestures expansive, take up some room, breathe deeply and easily, lower your voice in tone and increase its energy and volume.”
“Sometimes, even when you don’t fancy it, you need to just have a go. Because you get in the mood by getting in the mood, and once you’re in the mood…”
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Book Keywords:
feminism, work
