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.
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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Look at someone like Ke$ha. I wouldn't say she's got the most rangy, incredible voice, but she's got a thing. She stands for something, and people are buying into that.
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I spent a good amount of my time - like a lot of guys my age - obsessing and blowing things up with G.I. Joes. I know it well.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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There's no family in America that can celebrate a victory better than the Harbaughs. You'll never hear more laughter, more storytelling, or more embellishment.
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I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.
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Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity.
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Once an Armyman, always an Armyman.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it the human content that it lacks, we must participate in the political struggle.
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
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Men remain in their present low and primitive condition; but if they should feel the influence of the spring of springs arousing them, they would of necessity rise to a higher and more ethereal life.
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You cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in the final round and then a woman prime minister and I'm absolutely with that.
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It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.
