Salman Rushdie Quotes
I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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Stars arrive on their own timetable.
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I'm a showgirl. After 20 years in show business, I've learned to roll with the punches.
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Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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Whatever its flaws, the United Nations is still the only institution that brings together all the countries of the world. And it is the best forum for the United States to spur countries to act - and to hold them accountable when they don't.
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I depend on good editors and a good director.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
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I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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I don't like crazy names. I don't like them. I don't think it makes any sense. You have to think about the child and, as they get older, what they have to deal with. A lot of people do things as a fad, and they want to get some attention, but it's like, this is your child.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can. No matter how busy we are as a family, we always make that time to have that 'family together' day because we want to. You can't let work and life get in the way of spending time together.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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She'd play around and tease me with her carefree devil eyes. She'd hold me close and kiss me, but her heart was full of lies.
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Ninety percent of my clothes are women's.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
