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I have my dark side. You have your dark side. From the second that we have a brain, there are things that are not right - we are human beings with all these illusions and complexes and everything. That's attractive to me.
Marjane Satrapi
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Marjane Satrapi
Age: 54
Born: 1969
Born: November 22
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