Marjane Satrapi Quotes

I call Iran home because no matter how long I live in France, and despite the fact that I feel also French after all these years, to me the word 'home' has only one meaning: Iran. I suppose it's that way for everyone: Home is the place where one is born and raised.

Marjane Satrapi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HomeLiveMeFeelMeaningLong

Would I be the 3rd term of Rudy Giuliani or the 4th term of Mike Bloomberg? It'll be neither. It'll be the first term of Joe Lhota. We're all different.

Joe Lhota

FirstBe The FirstDifferentWould

I've never been to a beach party before. We have gravel-pit parties in Alaska.

John Gourley

BeachPartyAlaskaNeverBeen

I've always been extremely conservative, but I've never been mean-spirited.

Matt Salmon

ConservativeNeverAlwaysBeen

I know lots of people who've never been lucky enough to get to this stage in their life. And I'm not gonna hide it for anybody.

Shirley Manson

LifePeopleEnoughHideKnowLucky

I'm not defined by baseball. I'd love for the Hall of Fame to happen, but if it doesn't, my life won't change. I'll still be coaching my boy's games.

Tom Glavine

LifeLoveChangeBaseballMy Life

I'm like any Brazilian: I like to go out and enjoy myself.

Romario

MyselfEnjoyGoOutLikeBrazilian

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.

Mason Cooley

MoneySincerityOwnWillingness

It's about the pleasure of being in the mountains, traveling efficiently over the terrain, having that sense of dynamic motion which you don't get when you're on foot.

Michael Kennedy

MountainsYouOverPleasureMotion

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

Dionne Warwick

TimePeopleMeFeelLongLook

When I was 14 or 15, our teacher introduced us to Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities.' It was just for entertainment - we read it aloud - and all of a sudden it became a treasure.

Dermot Healy

TeacherTreasureEntertainmentTwo

I remember a conversation with my parents about who the people on the TV were, and learning they were actors and they acted out this story and just thinking that was the most fantastic notion, and that's what I want to do.

David Tennant

LearningParentsPeopleThinkingOut

While tourism is often resource-intensive, it is a major driver of poverty reduction in developing countries.

Arancha Gonzalez

PovertyTourismDriverOftenMajor

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