Salman Rushdie Quotes
If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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I didn't want to give up my Illinois driver's license and was unaware that was a crime. It is, by the way, in the state of California. Lesson learned. I technically broke a law, so technically I deserve whatever I get.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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I was brought up in industrial south Lancashire, down the cobbled road from where LS Lowry (1887 - 1976) lived and painted.
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The goal must be to expand ourselves beyond one field of focus and use our improved access to information to solve the very real and extreme economic, environmental, and resource challenges we face as an interconnected, global society.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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Stop turning to fad diets and use common sense.
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Freedom of speech isn't something somebody else gives you. That's something you give to yourself.
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Museums do not share their collections with other museums unless they get something in exchange. The Metropolitan will deal with the Louvre, but will they send their stuff to Memphis? No.
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Sometimes it's easier to show than it is to tell.
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If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.
