Salman Rushdie Quotes
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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I love what I do professionally, I'm really blessed. But my priority is my husband and my children.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.
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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Dave Chappelle is one of my comedic inspirations. His perspective is crazy, and he's super sharp.
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We have peace with Israel. We're actually the last man standing. So there is going to be immense pressure and people asking, 'Why are we having this relationship when it's not benefiting anybody?' Obviously, my answer is you always benefit from peace.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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A healthy relationship is built on unwavering trust.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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You have good days and bad days.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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I hate being bored when I read a story. Even a well-trod theme can be made fresh by a different perspective or fresh writing.
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There are vogues and fashions in jurisprudence as in literature and art and dress.
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Nothing is more important than the formation of fictional concepts, which teach us at last to understand our own.
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It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today.
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I think my mom and dad did a great job with that, because we with brother never had any competition in baseball. We always tried to help each other.
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When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.
