Satrapia Quotes & Sayings

I always felt that a painted edge between two colors was a depiction somehow. — Ellsworth Kelly

You're never in control. That - that is the greatest fallacy of the - you know, there's over 200 people that it requires to make a film. And there's people who are in control of how you look, what your performance is, what takes are used, what - you're only in control of how you say no. — Sandra Bullock

Give me an hour and I'll make a lifetime out of it. — Ingrid Bergman

Happiness is, in truth, a very cheap thing, when the heart will be contented to traffic with nature - art has quite a different price. — Sarah Josepha Hale

My mum said I told her I wanted to be a hairdresser during the week and a star on the weekend and that was when I was really young. — Natalie Imbruglia

I can smell the ocean in the distance. The salt wraps around my body, making my skin feel tight, and already I want to shower. I can do big cities, and small cities, and the even the occasional mountaintop is cool. But oceans are ridiculous. They take up way too much space in this overcrowded world and are filled with creatures that have several sets of teeth, like one row of man-eating teeth isn't enough. And just to add insult to injury, all that water isn't even drinkable. If you ask me, the ocean is kind of a prick. — Victoria Scott

Then why is the prison so fine, and why are you so kind to me?" he earnestly asked. Tollydiggle seemed surprised by the question, but she presently answered: "We consider a prisoner unfortunate. He is unfortunate in two ways - because he has done something wrong and because he is deprived of his liberty. Therefore we should treat him kindly, because of his misfortune, for otherwise he would become hard and bitter and would not be sorry he had done wrong. Ozma thinks that one who has committed a fault did so because he was not strong and brave; therefore she puts him in prison to make him strong and brave. When that is accomplished he is no longer a prisoner, but a good and loyal citizen and everyone is glad that he is now strong enough to resist doing wrong. You see, it is kindness that makes one strong and brave; and so we are kind to our prisoners. — L. Frank Baum

Now with the Internet, a celebrity is fair game, and it's all designed to sell advertising space. — Randy Quaid

I want to be a children's hero ... Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future. — Geoffrey Canada

Into the sky to win or die. — Christopher Paolini

What is creativity? Having spent my life in one creative endeavor after another, I can tell you it's not something magical or mystical. It's something very simple. To me, it's just a moment - a moment where we look at the ordinary, but we see the extraordinary. It happens all the time in my photography. — Dewitt Jones