Salman Rushdie Quotes
I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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It's those damn critics again.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
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Defects are not free. Somebody makes them, and gets paid for making them.
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Cinema is a little over 100 years old, and a lot of what we do is built around film emulsion. Those things were calibrated for white skin. We've always placed powder on skin to dull the light. But my memory of growing up in Miami is this moist, beautiful black skin.
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Our efforts will only be effective if ordinary citizens in other countries have confidence that the United States respects their privacy too. And the leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance.
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I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
