Salman Rushdie Quotes
When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.
Salman Rushdie
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
Samuel Gompers
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
Sam Taylor-Wood
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
Mahershala Ali
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I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.
Manny Montana
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After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you might fear someone will steal your idea, but it's the only way to make connections, be sure you're on the right track, and provide a solution for an audience broader than yourself.
Aaron Patzer
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I believe that God wants us to show respect.
Victoria Osteen
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When people think girl adventurers, they tend to think of a spunky, plucky tom-boy with a chip on her shoulder. I'm not saying that this makes for a dull character, but I think other types of adventurous girls exist. It's easy to fall into well-established tropes, believing that the tropes of a genre define the genre itself.
Ted Naifeh
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
Nas
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
Sal Albanese
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I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.
Joanne Harris
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Three publishers came to me at the White House after George lost and said, 'We would like to publish your book.' I said, 'Well, I don't have a book,' and they said well it's a well known fact that you have kept diaries.
Barbara Bush
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One of the most amazing things about mathematics is the people who do math aren't usually interested in application, because mathematics itself is truly a beautiful art form. It's structures and patterns, and that's what we love, and that's what we get off on.
Danica McKellar
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No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Oscar Wilde
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When people do the cowardly thing, it's not about respect, it's about fear.
Salman Rushdie
