Salman Rushdie Quotes
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I love red or deep purple lips for events.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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I deserve attention not because of any talent, but just because of who I am.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I'm not a fan of soccer, for sure not.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
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In theater or movies you see either 'I'm religious' or 'I'm an atheist.' I've never seen too much discussion of 'I believe there's a higher power but I'm hesitant to reach out to him because I don't know if I'm worthy of his attention.'
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Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.
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Cyclists need to help themselves and should not jump red lights. I would ride in London, but I certainly wouldn't ride like that; you just have to be careful. I can understand going down the outside of traffic, but you should obey the rules of the road because we're all road users.
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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
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My definition of beauty is happiness. I believe that when you are happy, it shines through and makes you a more attractive and beautiful person!
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I didn't really escape that gravity until I moved 300 miles south to go to college at 18, where authorship no longer seemed something liable to induce vengeful punishment.
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NBC has not once given me a music note. I get the freedom to do what I want, and that's kind of amazing.
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The Holy Spirit can be with you always and guide you back to Him, but in order to enjoy the benefits of this holy gift, you must truly receive it, and then you must use it in your life. How sad it would be to be given such a precious gift and then set it aside and never use it.
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I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible. The thing that's always been interesting to me about religion is that compared to the more modern spirituality, the West Coast pseudo-Buddhist thing that people go for these days, actual Buddhism and Islam have been looking at these philosophical questions, at really hard questions, for a long time. There's a lot of stuff that philosophy doesn't talk about, and in the secular world, a lot of times, people don't talk about these ideas, and that was always really interesting for me.
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Normally when I read, I don't like music playing.
