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.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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I can improve it a little bit. But it's my head, it's the way I am. So at the end of the day, I will be who I am and I will win how much I can win.
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I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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I don't understand why people make me want to make music that's a join-the-dots thing by numbers. I find it really difficult when people say, 'Aw, you should have made a really big hip hop record, that would have been really good for you' or, 'You should have made a song like Lily Allen, that would have been so great.'
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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I like to be against the odds.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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My mom told me many times how I need to be careful living inside the regime. We didn't say 'the regime.' We didn't even say 'North Korea.'
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Let's start to have a grown up debate in this country about who we are and where we want to go and what kind of country we want to build.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.
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Even good shows can fail to find an audience because they're drowned out by the noise and the sheer volume of everything that is being made. It's one of the downsides of there being, as I've argued, too many shows.
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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.
