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I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.

Marjane Satrapi

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Marjane Satrapi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 22
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I wanted to do my artistic work, and in Iran you have censorship. It was difficult for me to do the work I wanted to do.
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Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself.
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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.
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In any case, it's the cowardice of people like you who give dictators the chance to install themselves!
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Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.
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I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.
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