Salman Rushdie Quotes
I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.
Quotes to Explore
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.
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I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.
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GIS is being influenced by and integrating with all kinds of new innovations such as faster computing, big data, the cloud, smart devices, and distributed processing.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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Look for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.
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Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments.
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I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
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What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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Of course you want to be good and you want to do the best you can, but I am inspired by great writing. If there's something about the script, that's what I go for, although I know that that doesn't always translate because sometimes it's about the vision of the director.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.
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My father will never say no to a character, as I never go to him and talk about a character for which he won't give the nod.
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I like pressure. Diamonds are made under pressure, and I definitely enjoy it.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character.
