Marjane Satrapi Quotes

I had two major activities as a child. I was trying to put on shows with kids in my street, or I was drawing. Actually, what I'm doing now is exactly what I was doing then. Either I'm drawing, or I'm gathering people for a common project. The only difference is that now they are paying me for that.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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ChildPeopleMeDoingDrawingNow

For adults to enjoy something, they need to have intellectual stimulation, something that's related to real life.

Jenova Chen

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There should be a law that there's a pajama day every few weeks.

Alyson Hannigan

DayLawShouldEveryFewWeeks

Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would be a shame if kids couldn't go see this movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters because it seemed to have a political point of view.

Travis Beacham

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What I always studied in screenwriting from my mentor John Glavin was that the most interesting characters are characters with shades of gray.

Mike Birbiglia

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We have been trying to play a lot of different kinds of music, and probably the next album will go back more towards the direction where you couldn't classify each song as a certain kind of music. This album you can.

Mike Gordon

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I was the kid in class who was afraid to get called on.

Michiko Kakutani

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My mantra: Brainless exercise is a lost opportunity for improvement.

Michael Merzenich

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The point is, how do you know the Guarantee Fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer.

Chris Farley

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I used to get the most anxiety before shows because I really was never prepared.

Syd

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I really wish that I was, like, strong enough to not go online.

Pete Davidson

StrongWishEnoughGoLikeOnline

The Polynesians used to have a system where they proclaimed a fishing area as 'taboo.' If any fisherman was caught fishing in a taboo area, they would be killed. The Polynesians understand that the fish had to be given a chance to recover.

Paul Watson

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My priority is ensuring Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.

Scott Garrett

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