Marjane Satrapi Quotes
This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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The field of the novel is very rich. If you're a composer, you're well aware of the history of composition, and you are trying to make your music part of that history. You're not ahistorical. In the same way, I think, if you write now, you are writing in the historical context of what the novel has been and what possibilities it has revealed.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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Persuade thyself that imperfection and inconvenience are the natural lot of mortals, and there will be no room for discontent, neither for despair.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.
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I've been racketeered on.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.'
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That's one of my strengths, that I can adjust, and I can play with anyone.
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I think it's important to raise your kids, start 'em early. Teaching them the values and morals, so when they get out there on their own, you know they have it. They just have to remember to use it, but they have it.
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For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
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I had many ups and downs at Atletico, achieving the best and the worst.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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This clash of the culture, East and the West, us and them, Muslim and Christian, does not exist.
