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Black-and-white photo of a woman with dark wavy hair and a dark long-sleeve top, holding a cigarette and resting her hand on a white table. Text beside it reads: "The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government…

Marjane Satrapi on Governments, Not Countries

A Marjane Satrapi quote says ordinary people understand each other far better than their governments do. It suits a generation raised on Cold War anxiety and the early internet.

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Black-and-white photo of a woman with dark wavy hair and a dark long-sleeve top, holding a cigarette and resting her hand on a white table. Text beside it reads: "The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government…

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