Marjane Satrapi Quotes
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There is always pressure in football.
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I am a very proud Hindu. The foundation of my personality is laid on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda or Sanatan Dharm or the Geeta. And if my religious practices or anybody's religious practices is given any kind of sadistic name, it instills fear about other person's religious practices.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.
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We can build the fence. We can triple the border patrol. We can end sanctuary cities by cutting off funding to them. We can end welfare for those here illegally.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
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I like things simple.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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You've always got to have the right blend of colour. You'd be silly to match a yellow t-shirt with a light green pair of trousers, you know? You can wear different colours at the same time, and as long as they blend with each other then it works. That's what I like.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Aristotle was the most eminent of all the pupils of Plato…. He seceded from Plato while he was still alive; so that they tell a story that Plato said, 'Aristotle has kicked us off, just as chickens do their mother after they have been hatched.'
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Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions.
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Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.
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When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down.
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I love the French for their sarcasm, their irony. I love them for their bad moods.
