Salman Rushdie Quotes
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My husband and I, when we had our five children and they were grown, we thought we were entitled to grandchildren. And so we were just expecting this to happen; of course, nothing was happening. And then we kept begging, bribing, cajoling, anything - threatening to adopt our own grandchildren - and finally, we got some grandchildren.
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I had a major bug for cities and for paintings and literature and all the things I thought went on in cities.
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I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it.
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My first thought is always of light.
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I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
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Honest criticism, I suppose, has its place. But honest writing is infinitely more valuable.
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At 14, I'd have given my left arm to be a boy: I thought I was horrible and that no-one would ever find me attractive.
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.
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Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion.
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Be yourself. I had this three-week period where I wore this straw fedora. I thought it was what chicks wanted. And then it dawned on me that I was trying to be something that I wasn't, so I took the fedora off. So be yourself.
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Getting older doesn't bother me. When I was 30, I thought I should have achieved more, but you get more comfortable and think it's time to stop putting pressure on yourself.
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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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I consider myself not a conservative libertarian but a radical '60s libertarian.
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My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.
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But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.
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If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders of the older generation dismiss emerging culture. Those leaders are at risk of becoming a feeble voice-piece without followers. Most of the younger generation is going deaf to the truth.
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I’d prefer to see both knees on the ground. I mean, if you’re going to grovel, be the best groveler you can, right?
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We cannot allow religious hooligans to place limiting points on thought.
