Marjane Satrapi Quotes

I think animation is like running a marathon, and making a movie is like a 100 meter sprint. The question is: are you a marathon man or are you a sprinter? I realized that I was more of a sprinter than a marathon man. With a long, long project, I get bored easily.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ManThinkLongYouMarathonProject

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

Jim Inhofe

FearScienceEnvironmentalDebate

My dad had a flock of sheep, which he used to milk, and then my mum used to make cheese and yogurt out of the sheep's milk and sell it. It was kind of an unusual upbringing, really.

Joanne Froggatt

SheepCheeseKindMilkOutSell

My mother wanted me to be a doctor.

John Delaney

MotherMeDoctorWanted

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

Tristram Stuart

IdeasLongGoSometimesFarmingOut

In the early 19th century, they tried selling soap as healthy. No one bought it. They tried selling it as sexy, and everyone bought it.

Rose George

SexyEarlySellingHealthyEveryone

Figure skaters are usually young and then just fade away. But I'm not a fade-away kind of person.

Mirai Nagasu

PersonYoungKindFadeAwayJust

When you grow up in a city like Boston, where I grew up, a lot of kids became criminals or cops. I never really had a bad take on cops other than I hate when there's one behind me on the highway.

Donnie Wahlberg

HateCityMeGrowYouBad

I lived in Koreatown for five years, and I lived blocks away from about seven karaoke bars.

David Walton

YearsLivedAwayKaraokeFiveSeven

When I want to check out how my life's been, I go through my albums. They steps in my life.

Bobby Womack

LifeMy LifeGoWantOutCheck

I don't think that golf has a place for two sets of rules. I think one of the reasons that the game has progressed in the way that it has over the years is the fact that the amateurs and the pros all play the same game, and they play under the same set of rules.

Arnold Palmer

GameThinkGolfRulesPlacePlay

I remember I was at a press conference where somebody came up to me with absolute confidence, like he knew me forever, and whispered in my ear, 'You should sing a song now. The Indian audience will enjoy it. Your songs will improve India and Pakistan's relations.' I clarified to him that I wasn't Ali Zafar.

Ali Fazal

ConfidenceMeSongRememberEnjoy

I got lost a lot, and I was a really bad waitress... I got lost on the subway.

Piper Perabo

BadLostSubwayGotWaitressReally

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