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Marjane Satrapi quotes: All big changes of the world come from words. All big changes of the world come from words.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: One isn't born courageous, one becomes it. One isn't born courageous, one becomes it.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage. I like to make mechanical stuff. Once I make a film I have to do whatever I can make onstage I make it onstage.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself. Drawing is the first language of the human being before writing. It's a transcription of how the human being sees reality, not reality itself.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women. It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion? Is religion defending our physical integrity or is it just opposed to fashion?
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over. I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: In every religion, you find the same extremists. In every religion, you find the same extremists.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: War always takes you by surprise. War always takes you by surprise.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: My point of view when I make a book or I make a movie is to see the humanistic point of view. The point of view of the daily life My point of view when I make a book or I make a movie is to see the humanistic point of view. The point of view of the daily life of normal people.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette. It's cinematographic to smoke. Imagine Lauren Bacall without a cigarette.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad. Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist. I don't consider myself as a feminist but more a humanist.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium. I like to be sad once in a while. You need it for your equilibrium.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: One must educate oneself One must educate oneself
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could. I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better. If today I have to make a political statement, it is, 'I love beauty.' I think beauty makes people better.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Life hangs from so slender a thread. Life is but a sigh ... Life hangs from so slender a thread. Life is but a sigh ...
Marjane Satrapi quotes: My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages. My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: They found records and video-cassettes at their place, a deck of cards, a chess set. In other words, everything that's banned. They found records and video-cassettes at their place, a deck of cards, a chess set. In other words, everything that's banned.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I'm not a religious person at all. I'm not a religious person at all.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves. Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The music that I hate the most is R&B. The music that I hate the most is R&B.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Saying goodbye is a little like dying. Saying goodbye is a little like dying.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Life is absolutely unbearable. And we're going to die. Life is absolutely unbearable. And we're going to die.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: We were not in the same social class but at least we were at the same bed. We were not in the same social class but at least we were at the same bed.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something. For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: A well-trained cat doesn't exist because a cat remains a cat. A well-trained cat doesn't exist because a cat remains a cat.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting. I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late. That's the story of life - when you start enjoying people, it's always too late.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends. We found ourselves veiled and separated from our friends.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think. I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living. I was a westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West. I had no identity. I didn't even know anymore why I was living.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods. I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves! In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing. Drawing - it's the first language of human beings, before writing, before even talking, before words, human beings was drawing.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I have always thought that if women's hair posed so many problems, God would certainly have made us bald. I have always thought that if women's hair posed so many problems, God would certainly have made us bald.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions. I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The key to wisdom is doubt! The key to wisdom is doubt!
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email. I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist. This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Politicians think they have answers for everything. We artists, we only have questions. Politicians think they have answers for everything. We artists, we only have questions.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs. The Germans sell chemical weapons to Iran and Iraq. The wounded are then sent to Germany to be treated. Veritable human guinea pigs.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: 'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran. 'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small at a cinema in Tehran.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff! Hunger eats civilization. The West is not hungry; that's why they can say they're so civilized. Civilization is the biggest bluff!
Marjane Satrapi quotes: One can forgive but one should never forget. One can forgive but one should never forget.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens. You never have these moments that, you know, are always perfect. Always something happens.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after. Today, we don't talk about history. The past is two weeks ago, and the future is two weeks after.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet. Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Marji: I'll be a prophet.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I rushed to the living room to protect myself from I don't know what, behind my best friend, a book. I rushed to the living room to protect myself from I don't know what, behind my best friend, a book.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell. I don't want to quit smoking. I am convinced that if I quit smoking, the world would go to hell.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I almost don't know how to write an email. I almost don't know how to write an email.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The information I have about Iran is second hand. The information I have about Iran is second hand.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: To each his own way of calming down. To each his own way of calming down.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: You cannot be completely nice. It's impossible. Who is it? Who is the perfect guy? Show him to me! It doesn't exist. And thank god. You cannot be completely nice. It's impossible. Who is it? Who is the perfect guy? Show him to me! It doesn't exist. And thank god.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I don't make a career plan. I take things the way they come. I don't make a career plan. I take things the way they come.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Oh my!! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls. Oh my!! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I don't watch many comic-book movies. But I loved 'Sin City.' I don't watch many comic-book movies. But I loved 'Sin City.'
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself. Once again, I arrived at my usual conclusion: one must educate oneself.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think. A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head. I was a child who had a life, who had hopes, and I wished that a bomb would not fall on my head.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people. The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt. I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never be comfortable. I finally understood what my grandmother meant. If I wasn't comfortable with myself, I would never be comfortable.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes. As a director, you have to understand what is happening - if I don't understand it, you can't make changes.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent. A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse. Adaptation of books is never a success. When the author wants to make it, it's even worse.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do. I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying. Nothing's worse than saying goodbye. It's a little like dying.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Cinema is a world of imagination. Cinema is a world of imagination.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened. I had so many professions before. I didn't want to do this particularly. It just happened.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Image is an international language. Image is an international language.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Men's pride is situated in their scrotums. Men's pride is situated in their scrotums.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The most natural thing for us is drawing. The characters [in Persepolis] are hand drawn. We're not technical people. We don't know how to type. The most natural thing for us is drawing. The characters [in Persepolis] are hand drawn. We're not technical people. We don't know how to type.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted. I became the voice of a generation in a very surprising way, because many Iranians recognize themselves in it. But that is not what I wanted.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think. I don't think of myself as a rebel; I just say what I think.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right. I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart. To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one. I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like. You draw the character from all angles - side, profile, back, etc. so the animator has this character in all the ways it looks like.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards. It's fear that makes us lose our conscience. It's also what transforms us into cowards.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Would you like to become my wife?""Imbecile! What a question. It's my greatest dream!!! Would you like to become my wife?"
"Imbecile! What a question. It's my greatest dream!!!
Marjane Satrapi quotes: You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful. You know, they say in France that translation is like a woman: she is either beautiful or faithful.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Life is too short to be lived badly. Life is too short to be lived badly.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term. Revolutions just spread blood. Evolution - this is something that changes in the long term.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you. Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Love is the opposite of good sense. Love is the opposite of good sense.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Ouch! What are you doing, Karl, you broke my skull! Ouch! What are you doing, Karl, you broke my skull!
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism. Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form. For me, who loves to draw and who loves to write and cannot choose between one or the other, the comic is the best form.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine. America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: Prosperity consists of two things: tea after a meal, and a cigarette after tea. Prosperity consists of two things: tea after a meal, and a cigarette after tea.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor. I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I believe that am entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists. I believe that am entire nation should not be judged by the wrongdoings of a few extremists.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing. The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom. I'm a very individualistic person. That is why I don't belong to any political party or anything. I really believe in justice and freedom.
Marjane Satrapi quotes: The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls. The revolution is like a bicycle. When the wheels don't turn, it falls.

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