English translation of Variation I
... two messages. I am born
in France. I have a Muslim background but I am French because I am born in France,
I live in France
and so forth. That is to say, I am not practicing, I mean,
I kind of do Ramadan, and things like that, absolutely, but pray, wearing
a
veil is not really my thing.
…male colleagues. He had a tough style and told me how hard I would have
to work and how tough it was and then he ended by
saying that, I hope you are
aware that in this company, we take in most of our agreement at the end of the
year. So last New
Year's Eve, I was sitting here in the office all weekend,
and faxed contracts to the head office and really made sure to get
everything ready. I did not say anything during the meeting, but on the way
home I thought, nah.. Surely it must be possible to do
something more fun in
life than to toast with a computer on New Year's Eve.
…girls. I want to fulfill my dreams and my goals, like Tyra, she is putting
herself out there to help people and that is what I want.
I want to show people
that I can make, you know, my dreams come true ... So the next time I see you
guys is in the interviews, I
will be with Mr. J and Ms. J. So you guys just
be yourselves, be beautiful, be lovely, your beautiful personalities got you
here.
But it is not going to get you to the next level, what is going to get
you to the next level is that, uh!, that je ne sais quoi, the thing
you just
can not put your finger on. Ok?
…Many of these lawyers that I meet even today, including Lena, they are
always accessible. Customers can call at anytime of
day, they have a complete
twenty-four-by-seven-job. And her goal, like many others, was to become a partner
of the firm,
because that is when you can earn the really big bucks. But after
she had her second child she suddenly quit. And when I asked
her why, it turned
out that there were many of her male colleagues who had started later than her,
that had received the offers to
become a partner before her. So then she realized
that it was just not worth waiting for it.
…Ghetto walk. Uh! That's that ghetto walk. Ok, I noticed something here.
Then we have like you know, the crazy choreography
walk. Shall I do it with
you? Come on Tyra. Come on! Ok. Go Tyra! Oh my god! I will just follow you girl.
Ok. Five, six, seven,
eight. Work. Dip. Walking is one of my best fortes. I
love walking. I love that adrenaline rush of walking. Alright, so why don’t
you go put on that swimsuit? Alrighty, I will be right back.
…to distinguish between the concepts. Bad prerequisites, is absolutely
not the same thing as lack of competence.