Marjane Satrapi Quotes

The way that you remember your life, it's never linear. You have flashes of different moments of your life, and the flashes aren't equal; they have different styles.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: November 22, 1969

Topics

LifeRememberMomentsYouWayNever

Presidents have to learn how to adapt. Every president comes into the job; it's different than they expect. They must adapt.

John Dickerson

JobLearnAdaptPresidentExpect

When I go for a project, I wonder what underpinning a project will have that's going to give the audience some emotional access to it.

Robert Redford

WonderGoWillProjectEmotional

A lot of the artists that people equate my work to, I didn't find out about until after graduate school.

Amy Sherald

WorkSchoolPeopleFindOutArtists

I sleep 75 percent of all plane trips I take. I love red-eyes from West to East. I take Ambien to make sure I sleep. I always stay on West Coast time, and I'm always so fried when I come back, I usually sleep naturally.

Trent Dilfer

LoveTimeSleepBackAlwaysTake

I'm not the Asian kid of 'Riverdale;' I'm Reggie, and I just happen to be Chinese.

Ross Butler

KidHappenAsianJustChinese

It's all choreographed; it's a routine. So I told everyone I really wanted to try fighting in action films. I had no stunt experience, but I had the dance background, and I was very agile and coordinated. And the best thing about being a newcomer to acting is you can afford to try new things.

Michelle Yeoh

BestExperienceDanceNew ThingsYou

It's like one of the best things that can ever happen to you as an actor: to have your story reach people, even if they don't look like you and even though they may not be able to identify with a black male; they can still identify with what's happening to you.

Jay Ellis

BestPeopleStoryBlackReachLook

I started playing the guitar when I was 14. I'm not superstitious about guitars, but I do need strings to be old because that's part of my sound, and I don't like steel strings.

Jose Gonzalez

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As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience.

Jon Meacham

LifeFaithFreedomCommitmentNever

My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.

Dolph Lundgren

BeautifulHateSmartPeopleMeBig

I may not be the most athletic, but I understand the game.

Draymond Green

GameUnderstandMayI May NotMost

I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes.

Christopher Nolan

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