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Marjane Satrapi

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I had learned that you should always shout louder than your aggressor.


— Marjane Satrapi


#young_adult #humor

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.


— Marjane Satrapi


#fear #oppression #repression #oppression

In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!


— Marjane Satrapi


#memoir #young_adult #humor

Oh my!! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls.


— Marjane Satrapi


#humor #memoir #young_adult #humor

I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from one program to another, everything changes and I improvise.


— Marjane Satrapi


#bore #changes #else #every #every time

Image is an international language.


— Marjane Satrapi


#international #international language #language #national language

It's true that, in Iran, women have half of the rights men do. And yet 66 per cent of students are women.


— Marjane Satrapi


#half #iran #men #per #rights

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.


— Marjane Satrapi


#east #intelligent #people #real #real war

The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing.


— Marjane Satrapi


#drawing #first #human #human being #writing

The information I have about Iran is second hand.


— Marjane Satrapi


#hand #i #information #iran #second






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Did you know about Marjane Satrapi?

She studied visual communication eventually obtaining a master's degree from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. According to her autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis Marjane Satrapi stayed in Vienna through her high school years staying in friends' homes but spent two months living on the streets. Films

Persepolis was adapted into an animated film of the same name which debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in May 2007 and shared a Special Jury Prize with Silent Light (Luz silenciosa) by Carlos Reygadas.

Apart from her native language Persian Marjane Satrapi speaks French English Swedish German and Italian. Marjane Satrapi (Persian: مرجان ساتراپی) (born 22 November 1969 in Rasht Iran) is an Iranian-born French contemporary graphic novelist illustrator animated film director and children's book author.

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