All big changes of the world come from words.
Marjane Satrapi
The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough?'Is my veil in place?' Can my make-up be seen?' Are they going to whip me?' No longer asks herself: Where is my freedom of thought?' Where is my freedom of speech?' My life, is it livable?'What's going on in the political prisons?
freedom
In life you'll meet a lot of jerks. If they hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance.. Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.
funny humor memoir
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.
fear oppression repression dictatorship
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.
misfortune laughter
You are putting yourself in serious danger..'I think that I preferred to put myself in serious danger rather than confront my shame. My shame at not having become someone, the shame of not having made my parents proud after all the sacrifices they had made for me. The shame of having become a mediocre nihilist.
In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!
Oh my! How you've grown. Soon you'll be catching the Lord's balls.
Whether this tale be true or false, none can tell, for none were there to witness it themselves.
storytelling
The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.
people war
It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education.
life system education
change
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.
change thetimes time
America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.
places thetimes time
My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.
man work thetimes time language
I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.
rights order
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