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.Salman Rushdie
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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.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
Harlan Ellison -
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.
Abel Ferrara -
Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
Dalai Lama -
Luck marches with those who give their very best.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr. -
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.
Vaclav Klaus
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
Ian Hacking -
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.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
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.
Rajiv Ouseph -
It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
Oliver Tambo -
We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
Rachael Leigh Cook -
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.
Vincent Cassel
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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.
A. R. Rahman -
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.
Olivier Theyskens -
I have the necessary lack of tact.
Ted Koppel -
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
Ida B. Wells -
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
Ian Mcewan -
I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
Damon Lindelof
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The gifts of the Gospel are given to strengthen the faith of the believer.
Brigham Young -
I feel it is important not to get overly obsessed and overly carried away with just the physical aspect. There is more to beauty than just the physical appearance. You are also a complete person, and a woman should have an identity beyond just the way she looks.
Katrina Kaif -
In stages, the impossible becomes possible.
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar -
I love working and I feel satisfied when I know I have literally given all the energy that I have. That being said, work is not my No. 1 priority. I don't think it can come at the expense of your family, your friends and your 'significant other' if you have one.
Anne Hathaway -
Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it.
Norman Granz -
A thing that happens to migrants is that they lose many of the traditional things which root identity, which root the self.
Salman Rushdie