Salman Rushdie Quotes
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William Lloyd Garrison was up there with Frederick Douglass being thrown off trains and going through what happened in the 1960s in 1840 in Boston.
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I don't plan on being bashful.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.
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There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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I loved being in a band.
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I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars.
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I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. I have out walked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet. When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly light, One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night.
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Most worries are reruns.
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I am 90. I can work day or night. I'm the same guy, but the polls show the effect of age. That's the issue.
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The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated.
