Salman Rushdie Quotes
The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.
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When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
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I'm old enough to remember in the 1930s and the 1940s when thrift, frugality, was considered an important virtue.
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I started dealing with weapons on the first show I ever did, 'The Inside,' but I didn't really do any physical stuff until 'Alias.'
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I don't say I never use Facebook, but I often think about closing my account.
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Inappropriateness is funny to me. Rudeness is hilarious.
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What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you're not relaxed, the camera sees it.
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The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money, not about what benefits the people.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
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I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
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I hope there are going to be plenty of more roles to come.
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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.
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As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space.
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I used to read a lot of fashion magazines: my favourite was 'Nylon.' I used to cut out all the pictures from magazines, and I had this book where I would keep all of the stuff that inspired me.
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What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
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Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.
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In Hong Kong, the property business has always been very competitive, so we have to think of ways to get an edge over our competitors.
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So I think if we’d just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.
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The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.
