Salman Rushdie Quotes
A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
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Luck marches with those who give their very best.
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Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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I can't wait to get on stage, because there you don't worry about whether you'll ever get married because your life is insane, or whether you'll ever have another boyfriend again, you don't worry about the typical boundaries of how your life has to be.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I still wear my trousers baggy as I did in my teens. But in a different way. I've loved trainers since my youth - limited edition, vintage, whatever. You could recognise people and judge their character through their trainers. I'm a Nike man.
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I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.
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I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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He directed her attention to another question: "When I speak to you in your language, what happens to mine? Does my language continue to speak, but in silence?
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We didn't make the mistakes that many other cities did.
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I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
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When you look at Michael Jackson, there's nobody who loves him in that family, nobody. If they did, they'd tell him he didn't have to do all that in order to be famous. All he has to do is keep doing his music and be himself. Michael's been a little touched for about 20 years, but somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him they love him.
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It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.
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A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
