Salman Rushdie Quotes
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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I tend to think of stories and books as being for everyone, just with an 'entry reading age' rather than an age range.
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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.
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Oprah is so bright, and her intelligence is so piercing that I don't think anyone who spends a few minutes with her isn't struck by that.
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Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno... I think he's one of the best hunting dogs in the world.
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I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care.
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I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.
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I think anything that is expressed directly and as honestly as possible will last.
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Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
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I think there's a tendency for actors like myself, and I don't mean to generalize myself, but I've played 'men's men,' if you will, characters that are simmering rage and calculated. There's a trend not to play anything that is opposed to that.
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You are beautiful, but you are empty,” he went on. “One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me.
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To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that does not mean childhood should be a race. Slow parents give their children plenty of time and space to explore the world on their own terms.
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
