Salman Rushdie Quotes

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

Salman Rushdie

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• Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • Life
  • Ego
  • Luxury

• I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Me
  • Angel
  • Drink

• The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

  

  Foster Friess
  • Great
  • Business
  • America

• I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Problem
  • Yourself
  • Calm

• When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Time
  • Pretty
  • Beginning

• Once I finished 'Sicario,' I knew I wanted to follow it up with 'Hell or High Water.'

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Up
  • High
  • Water

• I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • You
  • Always
  • Destiny

• Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • Children
  • Happy
  • Parents

• People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • People
  • Simple
  • Tired

• All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Time
  • Given
  • Decide

• I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.

  

  Pamela Adlon
  • Life
  • Time
  • Myself

• Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.

  

  Caity Lotz
  • Heart
  • Acting
  • Dancing

• There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.

  

  Malvinder Mohan Singh
  • Business
  • Strong
  • Opportunity

• Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Time
  • Age
  • Taken

• The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • People
  • Country
  • Mind

• I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Family
  • Respect
  • Poverty

• He who gives love, receives love.

  

  Omar Torrijos Herrera
  • Love
  • For Her
  • For Him

• I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Think
  • Personal
  • Beliefs

• Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Educational
  • Facilities

• My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Talent

• The adrenaline feeling of jumping out of cliffs and bikes and all of that is very specific to the film. In 'Pac Rim' I'm not doing that so much. There isn't that touch stonework for me in it, but there is a lot of action.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Feeling
  • Me
  • Action

• I don't think anyone feels older. You have this infinity inside you that feels like it could go on forever.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Think
  • Forever
  • Inside

• Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the twentieth century.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Me
  • Doubt
  • Human